Eye Quote by Robert Graves

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

— Margaret Haddix

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then…

— Elie Wiesel

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

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

— Chaim Potok

I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type…

— Paul Auster

I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand - what I type reads very different once…

— Sara Shepard

If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task…

— Pearl S. Buck

I like to always stop with a couple of pages that I haven't - that are just raw copy, where I haven't touched it,…

— Stephen King

When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what…

— Joan Didion

“Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge…

— CK Webb

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

— John Dufresne

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

— Barry Hannah