Friendship Quote by Connie Willis

You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

— Erica Jong

I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some writers, like…

— Peter Orner

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

— Guy Garvey

I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can?

— Rebecca West

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

— Sandra Brown

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

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…

— Erica Jong

I try not to put myself in a box, so I'll write with anybody who wants to. I don't put limitations on my co-writes.

— Thomas Rhett

As a writer, I know that - you write a first draft and then put it in a drawer. The longer I can put…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let…

— David Means

I've found that my first drafts are not so special. But the more I work on them, the better they get. They are more…

— George Saunders

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

— Naguib Mahfouz