Rewrite formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft - 10%.

“No, no,” Evie said. “People won’t pay to see such a poor excuse for a climax. We need a rewrite.”

— Stephen King

When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things…

— Stephen King

People seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time.

— Stephen King

Formula: Second Draft = First Draft minus 10%.

— Stephen King

Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out…

— David Byrne

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found…

— Karin Slaughter

The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part, is finishing it and then doing it over I rewrite a lot, over and…

— Toni Morrison

We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare Music,' to…

— Aleksey Igudesman

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when…

— John Sayles

I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background is more…

— Anne-Marie Duff

To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.

— Jean Monnet

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with…

— Helen Dunmore

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

— Jay Asher

“If you had your time all over again…? She was keen to know. You can't rewrite history. I have no idea what I'd do.”

— Maeve Binchy

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

— Bill Cosby