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title: "11 Written Rewritten Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Written Rewritten quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Written Rewritten sayings and thoughts."
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> [Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/musical-comedies-aren-t-written-they-are-rewritten/)

[Stephen Sondheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sondheim/)

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> [Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/good-novels-are-not-written-they-re-rewritten/)

[Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/)

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> [“Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/good-stories-are-not-written-they-are-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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> [A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/a-good-book-isn-t-written-it-s-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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> [Everything maybe pre-written but nothing is rewritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everything-maybe-pre-written-but-nothing-is-rewritten/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/anonymous-1_facebook-status_everything-maybe-pre-written-but-nothing_1469244.jpg)

> [I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-was-sand-i-was-snow-written-on-rewritten-smoothed-over/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/margaret-atwood-40_rewritten_i-was-sand-i-was-snow-written-on-rewritt_332697.jpg)

> [Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-bannon/great-songs-aren-t-written-they-re-rewritten/)

[R.C. Bannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-bannon/)

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> [Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/books-aren-t-written-they-re-rewritten-including-your-own-it-is-one/)

[Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/michael-crichton-694_book_books-aren-t-written-they-re-rewritten-i_68956.jpg)

> [Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten-those-things-used-to-happen/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/peter-stone-31642_actor_musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten_1170672.png)

> [Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/good-novels-are-not-written-they-are-rewritten-great-novels-are/)

[Piers Paul Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-paul-read/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/piers-paul-read-68262_books_good-novels-are-not-written-they-are-rew_926661.jpg)

> [i sometimes felt as if these marks on my body were a kind of code, which blossomed, then faded, like invisible ink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-sometimes-felt-as-if-these-marks-on-my-body-were-a-kind-of-code/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/margaret-atwood-40_body_i-sometimes-felt-as-if-these-marks-on-my_1878104.jpg)

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