Firsts Quote by Diablo Cody

When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes…

— Michael Chabon

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

— Guy Garvey

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 draft quickly and then revise, a lot.

— Erin Morgenstern

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…

— Heidi Julavits

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

— Nora Roberts

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

— Jennifer Egan

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

With anybody we're looking to draft, we do an extensive amount of work on their background, history and all that.

— Joel Glazer

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the…

— Judy Blume

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.

— Jules Feiffer

I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the…

— Noah Hawley