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1) A good reader asks themselves questions about the book's content and style.
2) "...the real writer, the fellow who sends planets spinning and models a man asleep and eagerly tampers with the sleeper's rib, that kind of author ... must create [ideas] himself."

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!) A good reader detaches themselves from a character in the book and do not read emotionally, along with understanding the true and deep meaning of a text.
2) "In order to bask in that magic a wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine."

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1. The best readers remain objective while keeping an open attitude.
2. “We all have different temperaments, and aim can tell you right now that the best development for a reader to have, or to develop, is a combination of the artistic and the scientific one.”

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GR: A good reader uses context clues to understand the text better
Nabokov: “A major writer combines these three—storyteller, teacher, enchanter—but it is the enchanted in him that predominates and makes him a major writer”

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GR- Finds a balance between his or her imagination and the author’s
Quote: “...we keenly enjoy- passionately enjoy, enjoy with tears and shivers- the inner weave of a given masterpiece”

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1.) A good reader pays attention to details within the story.
2.) Nabokov reinforces the idea that we must reread in order to truly understand a given novel: "...at a second, or third, or fourth reading we do, in a sense, behave towards a book as we do towards a painting."

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1.) Good readers notice small details and connect the dots.
2.) “... there is in Nature a marvellous system of spells and wiles. The writer of fiction only follows Nature’s lead.“

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1. Good readers do not read emotionally, instead they approach a work with a sense of detachment to better appreciate it
2. “That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.”

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1. Good readers make connections with things they’ve previously read or experienced
2. Every great writer is a great deceiver, but so is that arch cheat nature.

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1) Good writers elaborate with symbolism and other techniques to help readers understand in indirect ways.
2) The writer of fiction only follows Nature's lead.

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Good writers analyze components of the story they want to tell prescriptively, (things like the plot and characters, and how they affect the audience’s takeaway) and keeping in mind the audience’s point of view.
“Nature always deceives... the writer always follows nature’s lead.”

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1. A good reader is one who rereads to “take in the whole picture”.
2. Nabokov says that if one begins reading a book with “a readymade generalization” he or she “begins at the wrong end and travels away from the book”.

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1. good readers annotate the text to gain a deeper understanding of the story/message and truly understand it

2. Nabokov says that a good reader will always reread the text to understand it

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1. A good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense.

2. A memorable quote by Nabokov is, “...the magic of art was in the shadow of the wolf that he deliberately invented, his dream of the wolf; then the story of his tricks made a good story.

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GR - Reads things that they can relate to
GW - Creates a story based on relatable topics or themes.
Quote: “Literature was born not the day when a boy crying wolf, wolf came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels: literature was born on the day when a boy came crying wolf and there was no wolf behind him.”

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1. Good readers find meaning in what they read.
2. Nabokov describes a writer as "...a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter."

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1.) A good reader is one who rereads. Nabokov states that it is difficult to immerse themselves in the story without reading the story more than once as it gives more time to acquaint themselves with the author ‘s ideas.
2.) The most memorable quote from Nabokov was when he said, “To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth. Every great writer is a great deceiver, but so is that arch cheat Nature. Nature always deceives.”

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1. Good writers are teachers through their work.
2. Good readers re-read text multiple times to make sure they understand the passsge.

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2.A good reader has an imagination
3. “So what is the authentic instrument to be used by the reader? It is impersonal imagination and artistic delight.”

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1. Good writers are empathetic and anticipate what their readers need first and next.
2. Nabokov explains that a good reader must read "not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine."

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1. Good readers notice both what is being said and how it is being said.
2. “To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth.”

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1. Good writers write bad
2. In discussing the types of imagination available to a reader Nabokov, he talks about a reader's imagination that stems from their own experience. He goes on to say that that kind of imagination is not he "would like readers to use", indicating that readers must not let their own human experience influence their interpretation of the work.

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1. Good writers can explain their style.
2. My favorite Nabokov quote is “It is chaos, and to this chaos the author says “go!””