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I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous.
— James Dickey
Only ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts. It's like passing around samples of sputum.
— Vladimir Nabokov
Well, now, what do you expect? You're His child. Of course you're going to be lonely when you hold yourself from Him.
— Kim Vogel Sawyer
I don't remember the first time I won. I remember the first time I lost, and it sucked. It was go-karts; I was, like, 6 years old.
— Juan Pablo Montoya
I thinkI just don't know. — Lou Reed
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
Got No Where To Go But All Day To Get There
— Ali Ibn Abi Talib
It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.
— J. M. W. Turner
If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.
— Andy Griffith
I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.
— Garrison Keillor
I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.
— John Irving
A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.
— Chris Baty
I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right.
— Christopher Hitchens
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
Don't be afraid to really use your imagination. Let it run wild. It's one of the most powerful tools you've got.
— Laird Hamilton
I'm still learning so much with every play I write. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts. I think you have to be ruthless.
— Stephen Karam
I want to take time to understand life. I want to travel. I want to be a better person, a better Mom. I want todo something good with my life. — Angelina Jolie
Great management is about character, not technique.
— Thomas Teal