Memory offers up its gifts only when jogged by something in the present. It isn't a storehouse of fixed images and words,… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
For me writing is an organic process that starts with engaging the language and then thinking about the structure of the novel… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“Writers know all the good reasons for subjecting their work to a sharp trim. Early drafts are notorious for repetition, indirection and… — Pamela Erens Copy Share Image
“There is a saying: Genius is perseverance. While genius does not consist entirely of editing, without editing it's pretty useless.” — Susan Bell Copy Share Image
It all depends on what I'm working on and if there is a deadline involved. Anything that's headed toward a magazine or… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I live by my own rules (reviewed, revised, and approved by my wife).. but still my own. — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place… — Sheila Kaye-Smith Copy Share Image
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
People I know who succeed don't mind working. Those who are competent seem to like doing things well -- not stopping because… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision. — Barrett Wendell Copy Share Image
The dialectical change of mind that occurs in Buddhism is not simply the assimilation of a new philosophical basis or religious basis… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Science reserves the highest reward for those of you who disprove our most cherished beliefs. At any moment someone from any walk… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“People wait until they have a need for some history and then they customize it to suit their purposes.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a fresh perspective is all you need to get a second wind on the revision process. Try viewing your material on… — V.S. Watson Copy Share Image
This idea of repetition and revision is central to my working process-this idea of stacking and layering and building up densities and… — Ellen Gallagher Copy Share Image
The moment clients realize that revisions are not an all-you-can-eat buffet, suddenly they realize they are not hungry. — Lester Beall Copy Share Image
Remember that "needing" something to change will always flow negative energy and hold it to you. Finding a way to become excited… — Lynn Grabhorn Copy Share Image
