Crafts Quote by Craig Lucas

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

— William Faulkner

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite.

— Kurt Loder

I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.

— Francine Pascal

Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

— John Steinbeck

You can't rewrite nothing, but you can rewrite 90 pages of sh*t. Now you've got your sh*t on the page, you can go work.

— Jeff Daniels

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

— Tamora Pierce

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

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away.

— Helen Dunmore

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

I rewrite everything, almost idiotically. I rewrite and work and work, and rewrite and rewrite some more.

— Laura Z. Hobson

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

I don't do much rewriting, because each paragraph is very carefully put together.

— Jayne Anne Phillips