Ck-webb Quote by CK Webb

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

— Margaret Haddix

“Editing is the very edge of your knowledge forced to grow--a test you can't cheat on.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“A curse of being a writer is the compulsion to edit. Take the sign on my walking trail, for example. It reads, 'Watered by…

— Ron Brackin

“Whenever I write first drafts, I like to maximize the possibility of f-ups, mistakes, mis-written words, digressions, crazy changes in tone, etc. This is…

— Jeff VanderMeer

I revise the manuscript till I can't read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the typing. Then…

— Robert Graves

“Words sometimes tumble out before I can self-edit.”

— Rebecca Bloom

“I have officially decided that I will document every word I say. Not for the reason that I need to remember them, but for…

— Zoe B

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I…

— Anita Shreve

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then…

— Elie Wiesel

“You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing — grinding, buffing, and polishing — not writing.”

— Guy Kawasaki

“Your writings and head are disordered and mixed up, so that it is exceedingly annoying to read and difficult to remember what you write.”

— Martin Luther