Strong Opinions by Vladimir Nabokov – review | Vladimir Nabokov | The Guardian
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“I have always been a wretched speaker,” he writes. “My vocabulary dwells deep in my mind and needs paper to wriggle out into the physical zone.” Interviewers had to submit questions in advance and for recorded interviews he wrote his answers on cards, just as he composed his novels. “The artificial colour of human interest” has been ruthlessly excised and the discussion limited to his two passions – writing and butterfly hunting.