The quotable writer : words of wisdom from Mark Twain, Aristotle, Oscar Wilde, Robert Frost, Erica Jong, and more /
[selected by] William A. Gordon.
- New York : McGraw Hill, c2000.
- xii, 186 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Biography -- Blurbs -- Books -- Censorship -- Classics -- Controversy -- Creativity -- Critics -- Editors -- Fame -- Footnotes -- Freelance writers -- Genius -- Grammar -- History, The writing of -- Hoaxes -- How to get published (Advice) -- Humor -- Ideas -- Inspiration -- Insults, Memorable -- Investigate reporting -- Irony -- Language -- Literature -- Newswriting and Journalism -- Novels -- Originality -- Perseverance -- Plagiarism -- Poetry -- Posterity, Writing for -- Publicity and marketing -- Publishers and publishing -- Publishing, ethics in -- Publishing, scholarly -- Qoutes and misqoutes -- Readers and reading -- Rejection -- Research and scholarship -- Revisions -- Satire -- Screenwriting -- Self-deception -- Self-publishing -- Spelling -- Success and failure -- Talent -- Televison, writing for -- Wit -- Word economy -- Writers and writing -- Index.
English
0071355766 [paperback]
99047303
Authorship--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Creative writing--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Authors and publishers--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Publishers and publishing--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Includes index.
Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Biography -- Blurbs -- Books -- Censorship -- Classics -- Controversy -- Creativity -- Critics -- Editors -- Fame -- Footnotes -- Freelance writers -- Genius -- Grammar -- History, The writing of -- Hoaxes -- How to get published (Advice) -- Humor -- Ideas -- Inspiration -- Insults, Memorable -- Investigate reporting -- Irony -- Language -- Literature -- Newswriting and Journalism -- Novels -- Originality -- Perseverance -- Plagiarism -- Poetry -- Posterity, Writing for -- Publicity and marketing -- Publishers and publishing -- Publishing, ethics in -- Publishing, scholarly -- Qoutes and misqoutes -- Readers and reading -- Rejection -- Research and scholarship -- Revisions -- Satire -- Screenwriting -- Self-deception -- Self-publishing -- Spelling -- Success and failure -- Talent -- Televison, writing for -- Wit -- Word economy -- Writers and writing -- Index.
English
0071355766 [paperback]
99047303
Authorship--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Creative writing--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Authors and publishers--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Publishers and publishing--Quotations, maxims, etc.