Am Quote by Per Petterson

After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story…

— Leslie Jamison

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to…

— Robert Gottlieb

The one thing I have learned about editing over the years is that you have to edit and publish out of your own tastes,…

— Norman Cousins

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

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

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 feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only…

— Chuck Klosterman

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

— Chaim Potok

I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a…

— Shane McCrae

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

— Barry Hannah

I self-edit all the time when Im writing. I enjoy reading the story over and over, tweaking it as I go.

— Stephenie Meyer

Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as I go.…

— Lorrie Moore