Cynical Quote by Samuel Johnson

“[I]n the long run it's worthwhile to see the manuscript as a text capable of improvement.”

— Barbara Sjoholm

“And soon afterwards this manuscript will appear, my final book... There will be outrage and disgust and people will turn on me at the…

— John Boyne

“You know your heart and soul are stapled to that manuscript, but what we see are the words on the paper”

— Teresa Nielsen Haydense

“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!”

— Margarita Gakis

“Just recieved my manuscript from the editor and he didn't change a word. The word he didn't change was the.”

— Roy A Higgins

“When it comes to having your manuscript edited, the truth will set you free; just as soon as you rewrite the whole thing.”

— Al Boudreau

“It is not up to the writer to create a masterpiece. That is what readers do.”

— Bart J. Gilbertson

“I keep writing and rewriting, drawing and redrawing, and rethinking and revising and reediting. It became my grieving ceremony.”

— Sherman Alexie

“I judge the quality of my work by the quality of the people that follow it. If my readers are the most amazing people…

— Robin Sacredfire

“My new book is going well. It’s practically writing itself! Actually, what I mean is I’m not writing it, my clone is.”

— Jarod Kintz

“‎"You are the author for your life and you only get one chance to leave a beautiful mark.”

— L.M. Fields

“My hope is that each and every reader will enter the world I've crafted with my words and come out the other side touched…

— Megan Denby