“Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.”
“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge & enhance an idea, to reform it . . . Revision is one of the true pleasures of writing.”
“The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.”
“It's easier to revise lousy writing than to revise a blank sheet of paper.”
“There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person pre-determined to dislike, acknowledge one's superiority.”
“I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.”