There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts.… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.” — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. — Robert Bloch Copy Share Image
Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do… — Marie Colvin Copy Share Image
I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Having done television for almost 20 years now, a pilot is kind of like a rough draft. It's like bringing people into… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
It also signals to me, when I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere,… — Lily King Copy Share Image
Why was man created before woman? Because you always need a rough draft before the final copy.” – Chloe Traeger — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
If I had to write a rough draft, all the way through and then go back and start over, I probably would… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Journalism is not easy. It's the first rough draft. I don't think you need to wait around until you have the definitive… — Harold Evans Copy Share Image
I often wonder: suppose we could begin life over again, knowing what we were doing? Suppose we could use one life, already… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Snooki is a bestselling author? Huh? What? I don't know if I should dumb down my book, shoot myself or find a… — Geoffrey Hill Copy Share Image
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
Only ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts. It's like passing around samples of sputum. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
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