unknown Shklovskii reference

[Adam Siegel]

Gabriella,

Regarding Shklovskii...I don't have my copy with me, but this sounds like
something from "Tekhnika pisatel'skogo remesla."

Adam

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Adam Siegel
Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Librarian
Peter J. Shields Library
100 North West Quad
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Gabriella Safran wrote:

> Dear All,
> A friend just asked me if I knew the exact source of this quotation.  I
> don't - do you?
> take care,
> GS
>
>
> "If you wish to become a writer you  must examine a book as attentively as
> a watchmaker a clock or a chauffeur a  car.  Cars are examined in the
> following ways: The most idiotic people come to  the automobile and press
> the balloon of its horn.  This is the first degree of  stupidity.  People
> who know a little  more about cars but overestimate their knowledge come to
> the car and fiddle with  its stick-shift.  This is also stupid, and even
> bad, because one should not touch a thing for which another worker is
> responsible.
>
> The understanding man scrutinizes the car serenely and comprehends 'what
> is for what': why it has so many cylinders and why it has big wheels, where
> its  transmission is situated, and why its rear is cut in an acute angle
> and its  radiator unpolished.
>
> This is the way one should read."
> --Viktor Shklovski
>
> Gabriella Safran
> Associate Professor
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA  94305-2006
>
> 650-723-4414
>
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