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title: "19 Revisions Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Revisions quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Revisions sayings and thoughts."
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> [“History isn’t a tale told once, it’s a series of revisions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-lavalle/history-isn-t-a-tale-told-once-it-s-a-series-of-revisions/)

[Victor LaValle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-lavalle/)

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> [But Blake's voices returned to dictate revisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-hall/but-blake-s-voices-returned-to-dictate-revisions/)

[Donald Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-hall/)

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> [The writer’s life is a life of revisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/the-writer-s-life-is-a-life-of-revisions/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tama-janowitz/the-novel-is-never-really-in-the-first-draft-the-novel-really-happens/)

[Tama Janowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tama-janowitz/)

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> [I think one of the reasons I'm so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-think-one-of-the-reasons-i-m-so-thrilled-with-writing-is-because-it/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [I've learned to really love revision over the years and worked hard to build up my craft muscle to make my revisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-ve-learned-to-really-love-revision-over-the-years-and-worked-hard/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/alexandra-bracken-863_book_i-ve-learned-to-really-love-revision-ove_738462.png)

> [I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-love-revisions-we-can-t-go-back-and-revise-our-lives-but-being/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

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> [Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-longley/most-poets-revisions-are-disastrous-they-buckle-and-dent-what-was/)

[Michael Longley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-longley/)

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> [There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/there-are-days-when-the-result-is-so-bad-that-no-fewer-than-five/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-barnhill/that-s-the-magic-of-revisions-every-cut-is-necessary-and-every-cut/)

[Kelly Barnhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-barnhill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/kelly-barnhill-18022_cutting_that-s-the-magic-of-revisions-every-cut_236461.jpg)

> [I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-flay/i-m-a-big-advocate-of-revisions-of-living-with-something-for-a-month/)

[K. Flay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-flay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/k-flay-11894_better_i-m-a-big-advocate-of-revisions-of-livin_138049.jpg)

> [“Time had the power to cancel all changes wrought by human artifice, overwriting all new revisions with further revisions, returning the flow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murakami-haruki/time-had-the-power-to-cancel-all-changes-wrought-by-human-artifice/)

[Murakami Haruki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murakami-haruki/)

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> [“I am hard at work on the second draft ... Second draft is really a misnomer as there are a gazillion revisions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-am-hard-at-work-on-the-second-draft-second-draft-is-really-a/)

[Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/)

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> [Writing the first draft of a new story is incredibly difficult for me. I will happily do revisions, because once I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/writing-the-first-draft-of-a-new-story-is-incredibly-difficult-for-me/)

[Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/marie-lu-1250_about_writing-the-first-draft-of-a-new-story-i_796146.png)

> [“The key to revising is to let the writing get 'cold' between revisions; a time lapse between readings enables you to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-b-may-and-gordon-s-may/the-key-to-revising-is-to-let-the-writing-get-cold-between-revisions/)

[Claire B. May and Gordon S. May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-b-may-and-gordon-s-may/)

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> [I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-manchester/i-came-to-a-dead-stop-and-began-major-revisions-sometimes-these/)

[William Manchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-manchester/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/william-manchester-18393_book_i-came-to-a-dead-stop-and-began-major-re_518689.jpg)

> [I've often made revisions at that stage that turned out to be mistakes because I wasn't really in the rhythm of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/i-ve-often-made-revisions-at-that-stage-that-turned-out-to-be/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/alice-munro-1231_end_i-ve-often-made-revisions-at-that-stage_1623909.jpg)

> [I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-m-obsessive-that-s-the-word-for-me-i-obsess-perhaps-to-the-point/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/if-you-start-to-revise-before-you-ve-reached-the-end-you-re-likely-to/)

[Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/pearl-s-buck-1024_difficult_if-you-start-to-revise-before-you-ve-rea_3226437.png)

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