“Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.”
“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”
“Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!”
“A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.”
“Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.”