Writing Drafts Quotes

I don't eat when I'm working. If I start to fridge-raid, I'm in trouble. — Sadie Jones

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

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

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. — Don Lemon

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 think

I just don't know. — Lou Reed

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. — Barry Mann

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

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

Great management is about character, not technique. — Thomas Teal

I want to take time to understand life. I want to travel. I want to be a better person, a better Mom. I want to
do something good with my life. — Angelina Jolie

I dream of a Digital India where access to Information knows no barriers. — Narendra Modi

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

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

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 think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right. — Christopher Hitchens

A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise. — Chris Baty

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

I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore. — Garrison Keillor

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions. — Ha Jin

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

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create. — J. M. W. Turner

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