Accepting Quote by William Zinsser

Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.

— William Zinsser

Good writing is rewriting.

— Truman Capote

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

— Roald Dahl

The best writing is rewriting.

— E. B. White

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

“Rewriting is the essence of writing well:”

— William Zinsser

Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting,…

— Neil Simon

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis

Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the…

— Richard North Patterson

The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.

— Rose Tremain

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

— Robert Graves

Writing is rewriting what you have rewritten.

— Paul Engle