Nikolai Gogol Quotes

“Thus the story describes a full circle... a vicious circle as all circles are, despite their posing as apples, or planets, or human faces.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol

“We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of expression, because then he would have been lost. When I want a good nightmare I imagine Gogol penning in Little Russian dialect volume after volume of Dikanka and Mirgorod stuff about ghosts haunting the banks of the Dniepr, burlesque Jews and dashing Cossacks.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol

“repeat however for the benefit of those who like books to provide them with “real people” and “real crime” and a “message” (that horror of horrors borrowed from the jargon of quack reformers) that Dead Souls will get them nowhere.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol

“I have a lasting grudge against those who like their fiction to be educational or uplifting,”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol

“Ama Gogol'un tüfekleri havada asılı durur ve ateşlenmez; zira onun anıştırmalarının cazibesi de, bu anıştırmalardan hiçbir şey çıkmayacak olmasından kaynaklanır.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol

“Biliriz ki "bu arada " denilerek anılan Avustralya aksanlı yabancı yada komik bir hobisi olan Amca birazdan sahneye gelmeyecek olsalar, adları piyeste hiç geçmeyecekti. Gerçekten de "bu arada" sözü, basmakalıp edebiyatın masonik simgesi, anılan kişinin aslında piyesin ana karakeri olduğunu göreceğimizin kesin emaresidir.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol