“A good editor doesn't rewrite words, she rewires synapses.”

“Writing is rewriting... If you fall in love with the vision you want of your work and not your words, the rewriting will become easier.”

“Jen's an impact player, a spoiled brat, a royal pain-in-the-ass, and she rewires me like nothing else.”

“There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…)A good novel editor is invisible.”

“Joshie had always told Post-Human Services staff to keep a diary, to remember who we were, because every moment our brains and synapses are being rebuilt and rewired with maddening disregard for our personalities, so that each year, each month, each day we transform into a different person, an utterly unfaithful iteration of our original selves, of the drooling kid in the sandbox.”

“I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.”