Ernest Hemingway
Novelist
"There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!"
Great Writing quotes
Great Writing
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Write while the heat is in you."
John Steinbeck
Novelist, Journalist
"Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down."
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