Finished Quote by Gay Talese

Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.

— Larry L. King

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

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

I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages.

— Joseph Heller

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always,…

— Harry Turtledove

Where I thrive is with my hands on the keyboard or my pen on the paper. One of the things I get to do…

— Mara Brock Akil

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

— Craig Lucas

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.

— Jessica Williams

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a…

— Kurt Loder

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront…

— Tobsha Learner

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

— Holly Black

I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.

— Natalie Goldberg