Drafts Quote by Garrison Keillor

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

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done

— Clifford Geertz

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 find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

I write every first draft - almost every draft, but certainly the first - by hand on blank white pieces of paper, so I…

— Simon Kinberg

I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

— Jennifer Egan

I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop.

— Robert Smith

In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels.…

— James Patterson

I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four…

— Tess Gerritsen

Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as I go.…

— Lorrie Moore

I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.

— Raymond Carver

I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.

— Mark Boal