Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again."
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Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
"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."
Saul Bellow
Novelist
"The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters."
Truman Capote
Author, Journalist
"Good writing is rewriting."
Khaled Hosseini
Author, Physician
"Writing for me is largely about rewriting."
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"The book really comes to life in the rewriting."
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"The only kind of writing is rewriting."
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"You let the story cool off and then, instead of rewriting it, you relive it."
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"I didn't like people rewriting my dialogue. I didn't like the fact that we'd start a comic with the Joker, and by the time we inked it, he would have turned into the Scarecrow."
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