Code Quote by Brian Kernighan

Good code is its own best documentation.

— Steve McConnell

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that…

— Steve McConnell

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

— Craig Lucas

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.…

— John Steinbeck

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 modulating what's…

— James Lapine

It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.

— Frederick Lewis Allen

Little else matters than to write good code.

— Karl Lehenbauer

Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

— John Steinbeck

I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.

— William Faulkner

Sometimes it is better to re-write than overwriting. Avoiding the repetition is the best.

— Biman Gandhi

“a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.”

— Russ Olsen

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.

— Bill Gates