Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Woodford

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Jack Woodford.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Jack Woodford

Jack Woodford (1894–1971) was an American novelist and non-fiction writer, author of successful pulp novels and non-fiction of the 1930s and 1940s. He wrote unique books on writing and getting published. Most famously, Woodford authored Trial and Error which caused something of a scandal at the time of publication because of its no-holds-barred insights into the publishing industry.

Boy meets girl; girl gets boy into pickle; boy gets pickle into girl.
One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary.
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention. — © Jack Woodford
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.
Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.
Money talks. And writes. And publishes. And reviews. But it can't read.
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