Better off Quote by 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 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

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

— Clifford Geertz

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

Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline…

— Ted Solotaroff

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

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

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

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

— Nora Roberts

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

— Simon Kinberg

Writing is so hard… The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you…

— Sophy Burnham

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is…

— Marilyn Hacker