#rewrite

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is to say first draft, then put it aside for 24 hours then more drafts. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#aside #better #draft #drafts #everyday

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#finishing #first #go #here #rewrite

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

— George W. Bush

#historians #history #i #like #now

Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. ↗

— Joan Didion

#down #every #go #like #novels

As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#going #i #maybe #me #other

I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#directors #everything #i #know #projects

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite. ↗

— Peter Straub

#been #clumsy #copy #could #dozens

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated more stuff - they usually videotape you while you're reading it - so they'll incorporate some gestures and some facial expressions into it. ↗

— John Goodman

#back #come #couple #every #expressions

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#civilization #did #had #i #many

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#edit #go #important #important thing #learn