Almost done Quote by James Patterson

I have to re-write a lot. I couldn't tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I've done at least twenty rewrites…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

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

When I have a first draft, I have a floor under my feet that I can walk on. Then, especially with the help of…

— Philip Roth

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

Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical process of…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Clifford Geertz

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

— Raymond Carver

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 a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in…

— Robert Boswell

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be…

— Colleen McCullough

I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.

— Garrison Keillor