Rewriting Quotes

70 quotes by 66 authors

Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts. — Larry L. King
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due exacted by every… — G. M. Trevelyan
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've… — Ted Solotaroff
Rewriting is like scrubbing the basement floor with a toothbrush. — Peter Murphy
There is no great writing, only great rewriting. — Louis D. Brandeis
Good writing is rewriting. — Truman Capote
Good writing is essentially rewriting. — Roald Dahl
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point… — Richard North Patterson
When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. — Leo Tolstoy
Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. — John Updike
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's going on, and… — Joan Didion
By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one… — Roald Dahl
Dreaming and hoping won't produce a piece of work; only writing, rewriting and rewriting (if necessary)- a devoted translation of thoughts and dreams into words… — Roberta Gellis
And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it,… — Paul Reiser
I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. — David McCullough
Hillary has already gotten a record $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster for the book -- reportedly the most anyone has ever received for… — Ann Coulter
If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at… — William James
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all. — Rose Tremain

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