Destroyed Quote by Al Capp

But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print.

— Peter Sotos

When you give up a bit of work don't (unless it is hopelessly bad) throw it away. Put it in a drawer. It may…

— C. S. Lewis

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I…

— Margaret Haddix

Most of my books have caused distribution and printing problems in the past.

— Peter Sotos

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to…

— Lee Child

My work is writing, but my real work is being.

— William Saroyan

I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand.

— Joanna Southcott

Destruction is the work of an afternoon. Creation is the work of a lifetime.

— Kamahl

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

— Barry Hannah

One of the problems with being a writer is that all of your idiocies are still in print somewhere. I strongly support paper recycling.

— Anonymous

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make…

— James M. Barrie

Every copywriter knows what it is to struggle with a copy for hours, for days - fixing it, polishing it, rearranging it. We have…

— John Caples