Books Quote by Antara Mali

You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out.

— James A. Michener

There are producers, like the late Geoffrey Perkins, who have truly great ideas that will fire up your synapses and show you that handing…

— Graham Linehan

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

— Jack Whitehall

I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to do it."…

— Emma Donoghue

Yeah, I'd love to write a film, that'd be great.

— Russell Howard

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

— Bernard Malamud

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought…

— Anne Tyler

I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a quarter of…

— Terry Pratchett

And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and…

— Kurt Loder

You don't control whether your movies get made. You can't. All you can control is whether your draft is great. So, you write your…

— Jon Spaihts

I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a really interesting…

— Emma Donoghue

Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening,…

— Chuck Palahniuk