Always Quote by Diana Gabaldon

I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I was doing,…

— Peter Straub

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

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back…

— Jack Gantos

When I am so intensely involved with writing my books, I don't like to reread them. I feel like that story is done.

— Michael Connelly

It's terrible for people when they really love a book and there's an adaptation and they don't like it, because it's almost like you…

— Killian Scott

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and…

— James Laughlin

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

— George Pelecanos

When I am so intensely involved with writing my books I don't like to reread them.

— Michael Connelly

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly…

— Elizabeth Strout

With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle…

— Michael Morpurgo

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…

— Michael Crichton