So, the process of revision, it's not systematic. But for me, I mean, I know a lot of poets who write out… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
God Himself has reserved no right of revision of His own laws nor is there any need for Him for any such… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions. — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done. — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times. — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time. — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream? — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
After Ive sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
I wrote in the mornings, often in cafes, on the way to the office. I gave myself a daily word minimum, usually… — Christopher Castellani Copy Share Image
“Then based on her own recent experience, the Divine Presence had a cruelly perverse sense of humor and His Grand Plan needed… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Unlike other countries, it was founded on written proclamations. America is an ideal as well as a republic. Its documents are open… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and then write it sentence by sentence - no… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons I'm so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I had depressing thoughts that the theme, even though I had thought of it, was better than I was as a writer.… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting,… — Donald Murray Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The writing is what gives me the joy, especially editing myself for the page, and getting something ready to show to the… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The question is not whether a picture is good, in some formal, technical sense, but, does it mean what I need it… — Thomas Roma Copy Share Image
In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he has written one good poem. In his own he is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I have signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1961. They represent an additional step… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my… — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
“An editor doesn't just read, he reads well , and reading well is a creative, powerful act. The ancients knew this and… — Susan Bell Copy Share Image
“I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
“More you know the more you become mortal. Knowing is incomplete until it transforms into action. In the end, you need a… — Muhammad Basit Rana -MBR Copy Share Image
“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge & enhance… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
