Advice Quote by Michael Korda

I've often made revisions at that stage that turned out to be mistakes because I wasn't really in the rhythm of the story anymore.…

— Alice Munro

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.

— Chaim Potok

If the book is finished—published and on the shelf—I do not think of revising it. But if I'm not finished psychologically with characters, they…

— Antonya Nelson

You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would…

— Irvine Welsh

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

As an author, one of the most important things I think you can do once you've written a novel is step back. When the…

— Madeline Miller

Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread it and…

— Daniel Clowes

My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away…

— Ben Elton

Though I revise constantly as I write, I will usually revise much of the work again after I've reached the ending.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Like most writers, I look back on all of my finished works with utter regret, and the trouble with writing a series of novels…

— Daniel Handler

I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view,…

— George Murray

Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.

— Jacqueline Woodson