"His term is 'proceduralism' which he defines as 'the adoption of a rigorous and efficient design in advance of the composition of the work of literature' [...] An important part of [this] is the generative aspect of the design."

"In [his] conception linguistic norms and generic conventions are regularities whose status is defined after the fact to explain what has already occurred. In contrast, constraints are prescriptive rules defined before the fact."

"A constraint is outside the norm. [...] Conventions [e.g. genre ~] are not a constraint unless they have been systematized. [It] is systematic. [It] is before the text. It is part of the process of the creation. [It] can be syntactic or semantic."

"There are a number of spin-off groups from the Oulipo for various types of work (painting, comics, math, music, cooking, etc.) but not one for film (that I am aware of). The closest thing is the former Dogme 95 [...] group."

"For me, constrained writing is about writers (tools for writing, as the Oulipo have it) and on a more democratic and pedagogical level the ability to follow Lautreamont's call for poetry to be made by all."

"Translation itself if a kind of formal constraint. Rewriting a text in a new language under the constraint of semantic (and formal) like-ness to the original."

"I am collecting English and French language articles on and by the Oulipo."

"A number of the Oulipian constraints begin with someone else's work, which is then put through some form of modification (such as the haikuisation constraint previsouly explained)."

"[T]he Oulipo [Ouvroir de litterature potentielle] seeks to create constraints and forms, not the works themselves".

"A rather different constraint than what I been studying in regards to the Oulipo, as this is not a constraint on the creation itself, but on the creator... rather, it is a constraint outside the text."

"I have created this blog to discuss the idea of formal constraints (mostly in writing, but also in other media) as well as offer explanations and examples of various constraints." (Via LanguageHat.)

"This text proposes a series of definitions, the aim of which is to better circumscribe what is, and what is not, meant by writing under constraint." (Via MadInkBeard.)