Write First Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they… — Erica Jong
You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way… — Doris Lessing
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of… — Marcel Achard
Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in… — Terry McMillan
Write first. Worry about getting an agent or publisher later. Write it first. Prove you can do it and then others will listen. Tons of… — Po Bronson
You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone. — Erica Jong
My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny. — Jeff Probst
I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it's about later.… — Wallace Shawn
I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. — Wally Lamb
I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and… — Donald Miller
I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me. — Will Self
I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it. — Lucinda Williams
I write first thing in the morning, about 360 days a year. — James Patterson
It is exhausting being the one who always has to call, text or write first. Friendship is supposed to be a two-way street! — Nishan Panwar

Who Wrote These Write First Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Write First Quotes as follows: