Quote by Jill Talbot

I usually see the word "metafiction" applied to works that draw attention to their own devices, their own artificiality, in order to mock novelistic…

— Ben Lerner

Simply put, meta-writing is writing that is self-conscious, self-reflective, and aware of itself as an artifice. The writer is aware she's writing, and she's…

— Jill Talbot

Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.

— William Zinsser

In a way, metafiction breaks down the story and makes it less real. But in another respect, by that very breaking down, it actually…

— James Gunn

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

— Tony Kushner

Playwriting is an oral art; it's not an art of a writer expecting to be read but a writer expecting to be heard.

— Arthur Miller

Playwriting is all about empathy, getting inside the head of someone who is not you, to think like they think without judging them.

— Donald Margulies

Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting,…

— Neil Simon

Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have…

— William Zinsser

“Writing is rewriting.”

— Alan Winter

“Writing itself was a magical act in which imagination altered reality and gave form to power.”

— Alice Hoffman

“Simply put: writing is rewriting.”

— Ronald Dane