If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways

If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways  
Author(s) Daniel Quinn
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Steerforth Press
Publication date 2007
Pages 198 p.
ISBN 1-58642-126-3
OCLC Number 74353617
Dewey Decimal 153 22
LC Classification GN502 .Q85 2007

If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways is a book by Ishmael author Daniel Quinn. It is presented as a dialog between Quinn and a reader of his books, and is intended to answer the question "How do you do what you do?"

The title is quite similar to a quotation attributed to Juan Ramón Jiménez (24 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." See.