Clear Quote by E. B. White

You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.

— Holly Black

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and…

— E. B. White

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 do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite.

— Margaret Mitchell

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,…

— Joan Didion

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

— Zack Snyder

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

— Tom Waits

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

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

— Benjamin Booker

The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

— A. J. Liebling

Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.

— Nick Flynn