Good Writing Is Rewriting Quotes

#1. I regard myself as a religious ... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind as religious, I am profoundly skeptical about any form of human authority, any form of human self-importance.

Malcolm Muggeridge

#2. In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

George W. Bush

#3. The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.

Thomas Keneally

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

Louis D. Brandeis

#5. Good writing is essentially rewriting.

Roald Dahl

#6. I think digital is getting so much better. It's harder and harder to make the argument now for film. All things being equal, though, I still prefer to capture on film.

Lenny Abrahamson

#7. I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

James A. Michener

#8. 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 edited, and you'll find that it is harder to make bad writing good than to make good writing better.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#9. Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

Aisha Tyler

#10. I'm just tired of people judging me because I fit into a certain mold.

Gillian Flynn

#11. I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere along the way, I stopped wanting to be like them, anyway.

Jodi Picoult

#12. Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

Muhammad Ali

#13. Good writing is rewriting.

Truman Capote

#14. He had dulled his craving for verbal truth and cared chiefly for truth of mood.

E. M. Forster

#15. By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.

Roald Dahl

#16. Here in this room, with our bodies entwined, I felt that I could trust this fierce love that had shattered and rebuilt my life. But outside, the world was a cold and dangerous place. I didn't know if love would be enough.

Jane Harvey-Berrick

#17. Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion.

Debasish Mridha

#18. Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.

Augusto Pinochet

#19. In college, my wife did a study abroad in Nairobi, and I did the exact same program in Cape Town. For me, the experience of being in that other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You learn things ten times faster.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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

Robert Graves

#21. I had one elegantly folded cookie - a short paper nerve baked in an ear.

Lorrie Moore