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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination o

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. – Vladimir Nabokov

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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov

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We can live with lots of things, but we cant live without imagination, we cant live without hope. – Ariel Dorfman

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My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject – skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to fiction. It was from my imagination that the characters in my story would emerge. – Amy Waldman

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Well, Im not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself. – Rashida Jones

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