"Good novels are not written, they are rewritten.……" — Piers Paul Read
"Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites."
More Diamond Quotes
- I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and… — Teresa of Avila
- You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you… — Richard Bach
- Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. — Mary McLeod Bethune
- Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point.… — William J. H. Boetcker
- Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne
- Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. — Jean de la Bruyere
- This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip. — Richard Burton
- Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar… — Jason Aldean
- Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. — Thomas Carlyle
- No pressure, no diamonds. — Thomas Carlyle
- The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
- We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. — Anton Chekhov