When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair. — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
It's a slow process rewriting your own life in your head. I think that's a writerly thing. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has been rewriting the rules since he got into politics. — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
Rewriting the negative beliefs you have learned is the essence of becoming the director of your life. — Deborah Day Copy Share Image
Don't keep rewriting and polishing something if it isn't setting the world on fire: start something new instead and consider the earlier… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun. — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
Hillary has already gotten a record $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster for the book -- reportedly the most anyone has… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Writing is rewriting... If you fall in love with the vision you want of your work and not your words, the rewriting… — Nora DeLoach Copy Share Image
Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“This was what was wonderful, standing alone in the big, soft night rewriting the past to make myself miss what had never… — Susanna Kaysen 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
After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
Once I get over maybe a hundred pages, I won't go back to page one, but I might go back to page… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then… — David Cross Copy Share Image
“You don’t propose marriage after one date. You don’t decide on a career after one article or class session. You don’t cast… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The danger is not only that these austerity measures are killing the European economies but also that they threaten the very legitimacy… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The rewriting is always crucial to what I do; whenever I do a scene, I always tell myself that this isn't final… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
The only thing I might have noticed [and this is pretty anecdotal] is that there is some tendency to need to be… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
“I do so much writing. But so much of it never goes anywhere, never sees any light of day. I suppose that's… — J.R. Tompkins Copy Share Image
![“The only thing I might have noticed [and this is pretty anecdotal] is that there is some tendency to need to be taught that 'writing is rewriting' - maybe more of a sense than was pervasive 10 years ago that the first or second pass of a story is sufficient. That is an idea that is easily…” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/george-saunders-317_blogging_the-only-thing-i-might-have-noticed-and_2019915.jpg)
