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
Time spent with cats is never wasted...As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist...To get rich is glorious...Ethics and equity and the principles of justice...It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment...I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish...