Rewriting Quotes

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

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away.

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.

Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming.

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

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

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

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

Hillary has already gotten a record $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster for the book -- reportedly the most anyone has ever received for rewriting history.

I marveled a bit at the feat Lubianka re-education. I also began to understand more clearly what was meant by rewriting history for the proletariat and how it could be arranged that young people would hear nothing whatsoever of God.

Good writing is rewriting.

The past is a script we are constantly rewriting.

We are redefining terms and rewriting laws and removing fences everywhere you turn, and we seem to think we can do that with impunity.

Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

The best writing is rewriting.

I am suspicious of both facility and speed.

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

The book really comes to life in the rewriting.

Donald Trump has been rewriting the rules since he got into politics.

Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future!

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.