Believe Quote by Lynne Tillman

When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Writing is rewriting what you have rewritten.

— Paul Engle

The only kind of writing is rewriting.

— Ernest Hemingway

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 for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before.

— Mel Brooks

The best writing is rewriting.

— E. B. White

“Simply put: writing is rewriting.”

— Ronald Dane

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

— Roald Dahl

“Writing is rewriting.”

— Alan Winter

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

— David Cronenberg

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis