"While Paramount was making 'The Untouchables'
in Chicago they ordered
more than half a dozen copies of this book. This is
the "...little-known
account of Capone..." read by actor Robert De Niro while
researching his
part as "Big Al." Mr. De Niro was interviewed by Newsweek
Magazine
concerning 'The Untouchables' movie June 22, 1987.
World famous author, Piers Anthony, writes about Jack Woodford:
"...I have a strong feeling of affinity for Jack
Woodford, an ornery
cuss who answered his mail and his critics and told it as
it was
--as I do now. Actually we are nothing like each other, apart
from
having attractive daughters, when you go beyond the business
of
writing--but writing is my life, as it was his. ..Jack Woodford
was
writing on writing back when I was born--and he still makes more
sense
than anyone else. His references may be dated now, but his
truths are
eternal. You want to be a writer, you fool? If Woodford
can't discourage you,
he'll tell you how to make good. Start with
'Jack Woodford on Writing,' which
is a collection of excerpts from
his books on the subject. After that you
will be able to handle any
current reference with appropriate cynicism. He
did that for me.. ."
Other great writers on Jack Woodford:
Robert A. Heinlein:
"It pleases me
enormously to see dear old Jack Woodford (may his
bones rest in peace) given
his due. I read 'Trial and Error' in
1939, started writing and did exactly
what he said to do, and it
works and I've sold it all. Hooray for
Woodford."
Ray Bradbury:
"Jack Woodford's 'Trial and
Error' was the first book on writing I
ever read, at the age of fifteen. He
said all the right things and
said them clearly. I stayed afloat and got my
work done because of him."
A.E. Van Vogt:
'...I used to read Jack
Woodford avidly..."
George Warren:
"...there never was a
writer-on-writing even remotely like Jack Woodford,
and, for the commercial
writer, like myself, he is irreplaceable..."
Cat. No.: CA
Price: $10.95
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