Filling Quote by Joan Didion

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

Writing is rewriting what you have rewritten.

— Paul Engle

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

— Arlene Croce

The best writing is rewriting.

— E. B. White

I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.

— Leo Tolstoy

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

— Holly Black

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 see my writing as the process of looking at the usual, but from two steps to the side.

— Katherine Dunn

“Rewriting is the essence of writing well:”

— William Zinsser

“Simply put: writing is rewriting.”

— Ronald Dane

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

— William Zinsser

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