Top Rewriting Quotes

Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word count. Because eventually it will all have to be edite...

Rebels revel in rewriting reality's restrictions.

I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.

I want you to judge me without thinking about it.I want you to give me advice without considering my opinion.I want you to expecting anything without the need to trust me.I want you to decide for me w...

Rewriting is the crucible where books are born.

Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've forgotten. As someone said, one writes mainly to rewrite...

I do so much writing. But so much of it never goes anywhere, never sees any light of day. I suppose that's like gardening in the basement. I don't publish so much of what I write. I just seem to plow...

It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites.

There is a saying: Genius is perseverance. While genius does not consist entirely of editing, without editing it's pretty useless.

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.