Rewrite Quotes

164 quotes by 141 authors

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is to… — Marilyn Hacker
Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite.… — Ward Cunningham
The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white… — Robert Agostinelli
In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It… — James Meade
Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising. — William Strunk, Jr.
When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite. — Ray Bradbury
I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour,… — David Sedaris
Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so. — Northrop Frye
I think the hardest thing to teach a student is that what he or she puts down on paper is changeable. It's not the final… — M H Abrams
I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their… — David Letterman
Part of the approach envisaged in bringing about Black Consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the… — Steven Biko
We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration. — Kameron Hurley
There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should be… — John Dos Passos
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their… — Henry Louis Gates
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. — Bill Cosby
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite… — Michael Crichton
Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes… — Joan Didion
All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft. — Steve Earle
As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them. — Harvey Fierstein
The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to… — Ken Follett

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