A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is Left out of it.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Editing Writing

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Letters of Mark Twain

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Letter to Mr. Rogers. May 1897.

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The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.

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Author

Sigmund Freud
Source
The Interpretation of Dreams
Genre
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Language
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Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams]. Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1900, ch. 7, sect. E.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams, translated and edited by James Strachey. Basic Books, 2010, ch. 7, sect. E.

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I asked him one time what type of writing brought the most money and the agent says, "Ransom notes."

Elmore Leonard

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Author

Elmore Leonard
Source
Get Shorty (novel)
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1990 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty. Delacorte Press, 1990, ch. 9.