Reread Quotes

I often reread books I have written.

I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite.

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.