Book Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

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 didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I…

— Louis Sachar

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know…

— Alan Dean Foster

I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I…

— Kent Haruf

I often reread books I have written

— Taylor Caldwell

I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it. The more…

— Chuck Klosterman

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a…

— Shane McCrae

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine…

— Sherwood Anderson

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini