I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting. — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
“Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics.” — Kandi Steiner Copy Share Image
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts. — Larry L. King Copy Share Image
...but I could not sleep without proper covering and spent the rest of the night rewriting lost arguments from my past, altering… — Patrick deWitt 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
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
Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting. — Neil Drumming Copy Share Image
As you continue writing and rewriting, you begin to see possibilities you hadn't seen before. Writing a poem is always a process… — Robert Hayden Copy Share Image
Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry. — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
“...and always the cutting out and the buggering about and the buggering about and the rewriting and so on...” — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I once wrote a short story called 'The Best Blues Singer in the World,' and it went like this: 'The streets that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
During improvisations, I'll hear people bringing back up details from something I heard about at breakfast or something somebody was saying that… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Oh, I do a tremendous amount of rewriting. I just obsessively rewrite. Although sometimes there are sections, sometimes you're just lucky and… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart.… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We… — William Zinsser 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
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
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
I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing,… — Jennifer Beals 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
