Quotations

Tish Davidson · May 5, 2006

It depends on whether the quotation is under copyright. You can quote from the Bible or similar works, old works out of copyright, sayings like, "haste makes waste."

Bartholomew · May 5, 2006

kpmcneil22 said:
As this is my first post, I wanted to say a quick hello. I discovered this forum a month or so ago while searching for some manuscript format guidelines. I've been back several times once I realized how much great information and advice is posted in such a positive atmosphere.

I am a rookie writer, and I am sure that this topic has been answered at some point in the past, but...

What are the rules regarding the use of quotations in a novel? Say, on a title page or preceeding a chapter, obviously with credit given. Is there a need to get permission, as with song lyrics? Is it frowned on by agents/editors or mark you as a novice?

Thanks for any and all comments.

Kevin

Robert Aspirin does it in all of his MYTH books, at the start of each chapter.

I love authors who utilize good quotes, and I love using them myself.

icerose · May 6, 2006

If you do use quotes, you have to keep all of their text in the quotations, and you have to either footnote it and attribute it to your sources at the end of the book, or you have to have the author's name, and then at the back quote the source of it.

Julie Worth · May 6, 2006

I don't do this, but one day I might do what Dean Koonz did with his “Book of Counted Sorrows,” where he made it up and then quoted from it.

Quotations

kpmcneil22

Tish Davidson

Bartholomew

Comic guy

icerose

Lost in School Work

Julie Worth

What? I have a title?