Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures

The Idea Is To Get The Pencil Moving Quickly.

I Sometimes Confuse Myself With The Little I Know.

I Work With Language. I Love The Flowers Of Afterthought.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Novel Or Story Is About. Revision Is Working With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Re-form It.... The First Draft Of A Book Is The Most Uncertain-where You Need Guts, The Ability To Accept The Imperfect Until It Is Better.

Charity You Can Give Even When You Haven't Got.