“A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.”
“Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”
“Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!”
“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”
“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.”