I Rewrite Quotes

12 quotes by 9 authors

• If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what… — Elmore Leonard
• My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. — Elmore Leonard
• The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and if… — Elwyn Brooks White
• I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the… — Louis Sachar
• I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages. — Joseph Heller
• The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear. — Elwyn Brooks White
• I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I add. I subtract.… — Ellen Goodman
• I always rewrite the very beginning of a novel. I rewrite the beginning as I write the ending, so I may spend part of morning… — Joyce Carol Oates
• The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing… — Colm Toibin
• I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. — Margaret Mitchell
• If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. — Elmore Leonard
• I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first… — John Irving

Who Wrote These I Rewrite Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 12 I Rewrite Quotes as follows:

• 3 I Rewrite Quotes by Elmore Leonard
• 2 I Rewrite Quotes by Elwyn Brooks White
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Louis Sachar
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Joseph Heller
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Ellen Goodman
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Joyce Carol Oates
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Colm Toibin
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by Margaret Mitchell
• 1 I Rewrite Quote by John Irving