A Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Vladimir Nabokov
American - Novelist
April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977

Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are clichés of observation and of thought - even of conception. Many novels, even quite a few adequately written ones, are clichés of form which conform to clichés of expectation.

Geoff Dyer

What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation

Peter Weiss

To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.

Martin Amis

Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.

Umberto Eco

Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels.

Matt Haig

God has given us only a limited sphere of action and a limited vision.

Mahatma Gandhi

We can take action with a player without the league taking any action. But all that we can do is, we can deactivate him. But we're limited under the collective bargaining agreement to four games.

Bob McNair

Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.

Sylvester Stallone

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it comes to a performance.

Chris Bauer

There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.

Mary Steenburgen

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

Terry Pratchett

When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.

Samuel Goldwyn

I'm sick of the old cliches. Bring me some new cliches.

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.