Funny Quote by William Faulkner

I don't do much rewriting, because each paragraph is very carefully put together.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a…

— Kurt Loder

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

— Craig Lucas

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a…

— Kurt Loder

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

Oh, I do a tremendous amount of rewriting. I just obsessively rewrite. Although sometimes there are sections, sometimes you're just lucky and a paragraph…

— Elizabeth Strout

I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.

— Francine Pascal

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.

— Saul Bellow

Writing is rewriting what you have rewritten.

— Paul Engle

Sometimes it is better to re-write than overwriting. Avoiding the repetition is the best.

— Biman Gandhi

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about modulating what's…

— James Lapine