Quotes of: Rewriting Keyword

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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

Laurell K. Hamilton

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

Steve Earle

Rewriting the negative beliefs you have learned is the essence of becoming the director of your life.

Deborah Day

Lester Bangs: Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you.

Almost Famous

I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.

William H. Macy

I already knew the next story that I was going to rewrite from the beginning. Mine.

The Reengineers

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

Paddy Ashdown

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

Tony Gilroy

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

George W. Bush

I've rewritten a lot of the scripts I've done. 'Little Shop Of Horrors' was a complete rewrite, but I didn't touch the dialogue. Essentially, I'm a very good editor.

Frank Oz

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

Tom Stoppard

Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours.

Kevin Barry

I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it.

David S. Goyer

We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration.

Rapture

Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics.

Song Chaser

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

Tamora Pierce

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

Kate DiCamillo

Yes, I did some rewrites of the show as some of the stuff was not very good and I worked my butt off to make it something that the audience liked and that I could be proud of.

Gil Gerard

I don't do much rewriting, because each paragraph is very carefully put together.

Jayne Anne Phillips

If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own.

Shakespeare and Modern Culture