Seems Quote by Edward Hirsch

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.

— Chaim Potok

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

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

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let…

— David Means

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

— Barry Hannah

So, the process of revision, it's not systematic. But for me, I mean, I know a lot of poets who write out a draft…

— Edward Hirsch

I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better; what…

— Wally Lamb

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done

— Clifford Geertz

If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task…

— Pearl S. Buck

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

— Dean Koontz

I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.

— Erin Morgenstern

Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until…

— Ellen Hunnicutt