Ruth Bader Ginsburg
At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
More quotes and aphorisms
Stay hungry, stay foolish...Where do the evils like corruption arise from?...Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten...I think a hero is an ordinary individual...No evil can happen to a good man...The tougher the job, the greater the reward...
