I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting. — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“I keep writing and rewriting, drawing and redrawing, and rethinking and revising and reediting. It became my grieving ceremony.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting. — Neil Drumming Copy Share Image
We're the new power, come to replace the old. Cameras in the head, children with microchips, spin doctors rewriting reality as it… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I didn't like people rewriting my dialogue. I didn't like the fact that we'd start a comic with the Joker, and by… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. — Vladimir Nabokov 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
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Tim Conway was a little different from the rest. He was always in the back of the studio building something with the… — Vicki Lawrence Copy Share Image
Good writing is writing and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting. Sometimes, it happens to work right away, and that's amazing. But most… — Kate Beaton Copy Share Image
“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
'A Fair Maiden' existed in notes and sketches for perhaps a year. When I traveled, I would take along with me my… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The elevator shaft was a kind of heat sink. Hot food was cold by the time it arrived. Cold food got colder.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I don't impose any word count or number-of-hours quota on myself, or have any rules, except one: persistence. Nothing glamorous. No epiphanies.… — Pam Muñoz Ryan Copy Share Image
God knows nobody hated running more than me. Because I was writing and rewriting the script, I thought that I'm going to… — Niki Caro Copy Share Image
Little projects - not feature - film projects - you know, theater things, writing things, and jobs like doing rewriting for money,… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share Image
I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it.… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Their first task therefore, was to translate the original C# codebase into Java so that it could leverage Google's infrastructure. One of… — Edmond Lau Copy Share Image
I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
Rewriting isn't just about dialogue; it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story,… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Writing and rewriting are the same thing to me. I don't believe what Allen Ginsberg said that "first thought, then - "… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that… — Oliver Harris Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
