Although Quote by Lydia Davis

I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties.

— Lydia Davis

I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones' at Stanford.…

— Jesmyn Ward

“Gaiman wrote the first draft in fountain pen, in several five-hundred-page, leather-bound sketchbooks that he purchased in a close-out sale. "I really wanted a…

— Hank Wagner

I had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting down and…

— Lynne Rae Perkins

I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question to answer…

— Danzy Senna

I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and…

— Caroline Lawrence

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with…

— Stephen Chbosky

I remember Emilio [Estevez] and I were at John's house during the rehearsal process. And John [Huges] had mentioned he wrote the first draft…

— Judd Nelson

I wrote a draft of 'Playboy' for Warner Brothers, and it was impossible to really be independent of Hugh Hefner. In the end, Hugh…

— Peter Morgan

Six years after I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B,' I received my first paycheck as a writer. It included both the $3,000…

— Lisa Lutz

I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B' the summer after I turned 21.

— Lisa Lutz

Suzanne [Collins] was very involved in the development of the script. She wrote the first draft. She was very involved with Billy Ray, when…

— Nina Jacobson