Humorous Quotations ArchivesHumorous Quotations "By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote." --Ralph Waldo Emerson But do we all use the quotes for writing? For those of us who do -- whether it is novels or presentation materials or college papers -- here are a few sites which should be helpful, along with some great quotes on writing... "Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop." --George Bernard Shaw "When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." --Jonathan Swift Using Literary Quotations An excellent guide on when to use quotations and how. (You are already on the page, The Purpose of Quoting! The other five links after it are important, but the links in the next paragraph take you all around in circles.) http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuoLiterature.html Integrating Quotes If you don't have the time to go through all the links above, this single page covers most of the same ground. http://www.citadel.edu/citadel/otherserv/wctr/quotes.html Quotations About Writing and Publishing Excerpts from William A Gordon's, "The Quotable Writer". http://members.aol.com/williamagordon/writers_quotations.html To wind up this issue... "Once you've got a story to the point where you think it's worth submitting, you must submit it and submit it and submit it until someone, somewhere breaks down and buys it." --Lawrence Block ;o) Gunjan Saraf Your Humorous Quotations WZ-ard |
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