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Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. — Anne Lamott

Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak. — John Battelle

I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me. — Will Self

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines. — David Letterman

I told her about my life, I read into her ear the first drafts of my Sunday columns in which, without my saying so, she and she alone was present. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts. — T. Davis Bunn

My first draft is usually how I meant it, but my second and third drafts is how I want to be understood. — Selena Haskins

[News is] a first rough draft of history. — Phil Graham

I am a shark, the ground is my ocean, and most people can't even swim. — Rickson Gracie

Journalism is the first rough draft of history — Donald E. Graham

There is a breed of Tuesday in January in which time creeps and no light comes and the air is full of water and nobody really loves anybody — Zadie Smith

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.
There are no exceptions to this. — M. Kirin

Chance is when you look at the world through humanity's eyes; providence is when you look at the world through God's eyes. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material. — Jennifer Egan

I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I'll burn it. — Charles Stross

Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part. — Flannery O'Connor

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand. — John Irving

I am really easy to scare, and I don't enjoy watching spooky films. — Kate Ashfield

First drafts don't have to be perfect. They just have to be written. — Anonymous

Conversations in the flesh are the first drafts toward the later conversations of the mind, where words and ideas are sorted and elaborated, recast. — Keith Miller

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives. — Jules Feiffer

The longing for light is the longing for consciousness. — Carl Jung

Write what you feel like writing at first without worrying about how it sounds. That's what second drafts are for. Enjoy the first one! — B.A. Gabrielle

I want," said Defarge, who had not removed his gaze from the shoemaker, "to let in a little more light here. You can bear a little more? — Charles Dickens

I was terrified of taking the G.R.E. — Dana Goodyear

It is never crowded at the mountaintop. — Matshona Dhliwayo

As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer. — Tim Hetherington

I think men and women will both agree that one of the perks of being single on Valentine's Day is that you get to keep your money in your pocket. — Sevyn Streeter

First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

But I wanted ... I needed her to need e as much as I needed her. — J.J. McAvoy

The first rough draft of history. — Ben Bradlee

All first drafts suck, so get it over already. — Jeff Goins