Quotes by Rewriting The book really comes to life in the rewriting. Philip Roth rewritingbook We are redefining terms and rewriting laws and removing fences everywhere you turn, and we seem to think we can do that with impunity. Ravi Zacharias rewritinglawthinking You let the story cool off and then, instead of rewriting it, you relive it. Ray Bradbury rewritingstories I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Roald Dahl rewritingsuspiciousspeed Good writing is essentially rewriting. Roald Dahl rewritinggood-writingwriting There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting. Robert Graves rewritinggood-writingwriting 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 rewritingexistentialismpanic The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters. Saul Bellow rewritingreasoncharacter I feel the most natural thing is for music to come that way because it's sort of like poetry. Though I do think with poets that I like, like Charles Olson or Ezra Pound, they were rewriting constantly, until the poem becomes a diamond.But with music I don't really feel that way. Stephen Malkmus rewritingwaythinking I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting. Tony Gilroy rewritingbehindspeople Good writing is rewriting. Truman Capote rewritinggood-writingwriting 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. Walter Ciszek rewritingeducationpeople«12
