“Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.”
“I'm the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”
“I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”
“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.”
“It's easier to revise lousy writing than to revise a blank sheet of paper.”
“I understand now that a Trojan of literary achievement writes out of passion, out of necessity.”