On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.

- Alan Moore

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

- David McCullough

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.

- Jimmy Webb

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

- Kate DiCamillo

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

- Khaled Hosseini

I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.

- Laura Marling

When we are in pre-production, this is the best job in the world. Working 10 to 7, sitting around and brainstorming with the other writers, making things funnier and writing and rewriting scenes - that's as fun as it gets.

- Paul Lieberstein

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

Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun.

- Sarah Waters