Believer Quote by Todd Farmer

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 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

You don't get to be a good screenwriter unless you do 20, 30 drafts: fact.

— Lenny Henry

I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last draft of…

— Quentin Tarantino

The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you…

— William Mapother

You don't control whether your movies get made. You can't. All you can control is whether your draft is great. So, you write your…

— Jon Spaihts

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

With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most…

— Henry Rollins

To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very…

— J. Michael Straczynski

It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I…

— David Sedaris

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors…

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor