Know Quote by Alan Zweibel

People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.

— Sophie Thompson

So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is laid out…

— Steve Tesich

Doing a book signing tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. Bring your own book...I haven't written one yet.

— Daniel Tosh

I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas.

— Jonathan Shapiro

So give yourself that chance to put together the 80, 90 pages of a draft and then read it very in a nice little…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are…

— Susan Sontag

Basically I started to jot notes, lots of faxes back and forth to my writer, we faxed ideas throughout the whole first draft, and…

— Bruce Boxleitner

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.

— Chaim Potok

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

— Nora Roberts

My writing process isn't a very organized thing.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I started carrying blank books like this one around, which I would fill with all the things I couldn't say...

— Jonathan Safran Foer

You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then…

— Ellen DeGeneres