Who said "The writer's role is to illuminate the human condition."?

This quote is attributed to Vladimir Nabokov.

The writer's role is to illuminate the human condition. - Vladimir Nabokov

"The writer's role is to illuminate the human condition."

Vladimir Nabokov Literature

Novelist Russian-American 1899–1977

"Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one."

"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness."

"I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child."

"Loneliness is the cantor's voice of the soul."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."