Writings on Writing

From medieval to contemporary, classic authors to journalists, the famous to the obscure, the writes quoted in this reference work bring to life the triumphs, the musings, the frustrations, and the insights of the craft of writing. The over 1,200 quotations are arranged under broad categories, such as autobiography and biography, books, journalism, poets and poetry, words, writers, and language. Each entry gives the author, source, and original date of the quotation. Sources include essays, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, and, in a few instances, fictional works.