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The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying Picture Quote #1

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite Picture Quote #1

You have to write badly to write at all. If it’s crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. Or you can pick the good movies where the bad guys die and only those. If you get tricked and a good person dies in the movie then you can rewrite it in your head so the good person lives and the part about death is superfluous Picture Quote #1

Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets Picture Quote #1

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Fandom, after all, is born of a balance between fascination and frustration: if media content didn’t fascinate us, there would be no desire to engage with it; but if it didn’t frustrate us on some level, there would be no drive to rewrite or remake it Picture Quote #1

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it’s based on is whether it’s good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and trying to rewrite it Picture Quote #1

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine that have taken me ten or twelve years to get written Picture Quote #1

Writing a first draft is like groping one’s way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you’ve forgotten. As someone said, one writes mainly to rewrite, for rewriting and revising are how one’s mind comes to inhabit the material fully Picture Quote #1

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away. It’s a nice feeling, and you don’t want to be cluttered with the corpses of poems and stories which have everything in them except the life they need Picture Quote #1

If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own Picture Quote #1

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I know now for a fact that improv can’t hold a candle to doing standup. It’s not the same buzz, it just isn’t. It feels infantile to me at times. When you see guys who do it really well, great. But improv needs a rewrite Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past Picture Quote #1

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to write badly. If you write badly at least you’ve got something to rewrite. If you’re scared to write badly, then you’ve got nothing Picture Quote #1

Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It’s easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral Picture Quote #1

Lucky accidents seldom happen to writers who don’t work. You will find that you may rewrite and rewrite a poem and it never seems quite right. Then a much better poem may come rather fast and you wonder why you bothered with all that work on the earlier poem. Actually, the hard work you do on one poem is put in on all poems. The hard work on the first poem is responsible for the sudden ease of the second. If you just sit around waiting for the easy ones, nothing will come. Get to work Picture Quote #1

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I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst? Picture Quote #1

If I wanted to make a quick buck, there’s far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you want a hit song, all you need to do is rewrite an old song. It might have been proven to work, but you won’t be remembered the same way Picture Quote #1

After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That’s a big one, the napping on demand! Picture Quote #1

Anyone who tells you they don’t need to rewrite, they’re usually the ones who need it worst Picture Quote #1

I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh Picture Quote #1

The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition Picture Quote #1

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Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons... Good writing means good revising Picture Quote #1

I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour, read them like a dozen times on tour, then go back to the room and rewrite, read and rewrite... I would never show him a first draft, because then he’s really going to be sick of it by the twelfth draft Picture Quote #1

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so Picture Quote #1

When you do a rewrite, it’s really about serving the director’s vision, and what the director needs to go into that script Picture Quote #1

The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part, is finishing it and then doing it over I rewrite a lot, over and over again, so that it looks like I never did Picture Quote #1

You get attached to the way you write, and I’m attached to notebooks. That’s where I really write the plays. Just two or three pages at a time, then I transfer to the typewriter and rewrite while I type Picture Quote #1

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The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying (Rewrite Quotes) And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite (Rewrite Quotes) You have to write badly to write at all. If it’s crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself (Rewrite Quotes) 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 (Rewrite Quotes) A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. Or you can pick the good movies where the bad guys die and only those. If you get tricked and a good person dies in the movie then you can rewrite it in your head so the good person lives and the part about death is superfluous (Rewrite Quotes) Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets (Rewrite Quotes) Fandom, after all, is born of a balance between fascination and frustration: if media content didn’t fascinate us, there would be no desire to engage with it; but if it didn’t frustrate us on some level, there would be no drive to rewrite or remake it (Rewrite Quotes) I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it’s based on is whether it’s good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and trying to rewrite it (Rewrite Quotes) I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine that have taken me ten or twelve years to get written (Rewrite Quotes) Writing a first draft is like groping one’s way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you’ve forgotten. As someone said, one writes mainly to rewrite, for rewriting and revising are how one’s mind comes to inhabit the material fully (Rewrite Quotes) Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away. It’s a nice feeling, and you don’t want to be cluttered with the corpses of poems and stories which have everything in them except the life they need (Rewrite Quotes) If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own (Rewrite Quotes) I know now for a fact that improv can’t hold a candle to doing standup. It’s not the same buzz, it just isn’t. It feels infantile to me at times. When you see guys who do it really well, great. But improv needs a rewrite (Rewrite Quotes) It doesn’t seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past (Rewrite Quotes) My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it (Rewrite Quotes) You’ve got to write badly. If you write badly at least you’ve got something to rewrite. If you’re scared to write badly, then you’ve got nothing (Rewrite Quotes) Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It’s easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral (Rewrite Quotes) Lucky accidents seldom happen to writers who don’t work. You will find that you may rewrite and rewrite a poem and it never seems quite right. Then a much better poem may come rather fast and you wonder why you bothered with all that work on the earlier poem. Actually, the hard work you do on one poem is put in on all poems. The hard work on the first poem is responsible for the sudden ease of the second. If you just sit around waiting for the easy ones, nothing will come. Get to work (Rewrite Quotes) I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst? (Rewrite Quotes) If I wanted to make a quick buck, there’s far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you want a hit song, all you need to do is rewrite an old song. It might have been proven to work, but you won’t be remembered the same way (Rewrite Quotes) After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That’s a big one, the napping on demand! (Rewrite Quotes) Anyone who tells you they don’t need to rewrite, they’re usually the ones who need it worst (Rewrite Quotes) I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh (Rewrite Quotes) The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition (Rewrite Quotes) Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons... Good writing means good revising (Rewrite Quotes) I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour, read them like a dozen times on tour, then go back to the room and rewrite, read and rewrite... I would never show him a first draft, because then he’s really going to be sick of it by the twelfth draft (Rewrite Quotes) Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so (Rewrite Quotes) When you do a rewrite, it’s really about serving the director’s vision, and what the director needs to go into that script (Rewrite Quotes) The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part, is finishing it and then doing it over I rewrite a lot, over and over again, so that it looks like I never did (Rewrite Quotes) You get attached to the way you write, and I’m attached to notebooks. That’s where I really write the plays. Just two or three pages at a time, then I transfer to the typewriter and rewrite while I type (Rewrite Quotes)

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