“Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.” WritingI CanHardBitsPercentOriginalsSeventies Author:Mike Rutherford
“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.” WritingFirstsBelieveWellsIdeasHardGamesLostBornPerfectAcceptingEmotionalPercentEssenceOddsEquityRewritingWriting Well Author:William Zinsser
“When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending.” ThinkingWayWritingBookHalfFocusPercentHundredHalf Way Author:Anita Desai
“Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.” WritingAbleActorsPercentTwentiesCamerasSpotsExecutionEightyGood Actors Author:Billy Wilder