Book Quote by Kimberly Willis Holt

Everything I write goes through a lot of drafts. A hundred rewrites is not unusual for me to go through - the last fifty…

— David Berman

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

By the time you write the last page you have done half the book. The other half tends to get done in about five…

— Terry Pratchett

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 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

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

When I have a first draft, I have a floor under my feet that I can walk on. Then, especially with the help of…

— Philip Roth

I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.

— Raymond Carver

In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels.…

— James Patterson

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is…

— Marilyn Hacker

I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

— Jennifer Egan

I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

— Jacqueline Woodson