Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Karr

Every poem probably has sixty drafts behind it.

Marie Lu

I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the story. I tell myself I'll worry about untangling it later. I'm glad no one sees my first drafts except for my poor editor and agent.

Tom Florczak

The language of the early drafts didn't protect it.

Adam Rapp

I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops. I won't eat right. I forget to do my laundry.

Nancy Kress

There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.

Pat Roberts

We have several working drafts that we will give to members as of this week,

Howard Rubenstein

He's always loved being a newspaper editor and writer and publisher.

Rebekah Brooks

I was the editor of the News of the World; I was the editor of the Sun and chief executive.

Rebekah Brooks

In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation.

Robin Hobb

When both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril.

Sara Shepard

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

Robert Mankoff

As a cartoonist I do what I find funny. As an editor I have a broader approach realizing that humor is inherently subjective and I don't want my preferences to rule out what others might like.

Robert E. Howard

Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen.

E. B. White

In the eight years I've been editor of 'Cosmo' I've learned so much and tried to use those lessons in my own life.

Matthew Storin

Cynthia is one of the nation's most skillful editorial writers and commentators.

Kelvin Sampson

Kevin's in all our drills, ... He's shooting, doing his hook shot, shooting free throws. He's doing everything except contact.

Larry Kerr

John Hale is an exception to the rule because he's a true freshman who belies his experience. He picks things up well. He's smart, he's strong and physical.

Amy Fisher

I talked my friend into going with me. It was all adults except for us,

Lee Brumbaugh

He is totally unknown at present, except by historians. He is possibly the greatest unknown photographer.

William Dunkelberg

Historically, except for the dot-com hiring binge, this is a very solid number.

Alan Trammel

I thought we responded to everything well except for this last month. I think, looking back, it is fair to say that we hit a wall.

Meredith Mize

It is a great way to get your mind off stress. When you are climbing, nothing really exists except for you and the wall. When you are finished, you look down and feel like you have accomplished something.

Steve Alford

I thought all the teams were going to be better in our league, with maybe the exception of Illinois. I thought they'd be very good.

Dale Layer

I thought we did a pretty good job on everything except threes.

Ken Klee

Having said that, I'm glad to be back. I wanted to be a Maple Leaf and it seems they wanted me.

Marty Schottenheimer

He's a big target with great hands and a terrific player. We're glad he's back.

Chris Linsley

His personality shined back through, and we knew we still had our old Dillon. He looked at his mother and mumbled the words 'Mama,' which made us glad to hear that.

Laurie Glass

I thought we executed our game-plan very well. We served very aggressively, and that got them out of their offense. They've had a great season, and they have a great volleyball program here, and I'm glad we got out of here with a win.

Samuel Goldwyn

Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.

Rick Barnes

P.J. said it best, seeds mean nothing. You got a team today that was going to shorten the game. I'm glad we get to play one more time. ... If we made mistakes, they had a lot to do with it.

Adam Dunn

I obviously didn't want to go to arbitration, didn't want to have something like arbitration hanging over my head for the spring and the year. I'm glad everything worked out.

David Douglas

In poor plight, weary and travel-soiled, glad at heart, though possessing nothing but a shirt, leather trousers and an old hat, having lost my jacket, neck-kerchief and worn out my shoes.

Mike Fratello

I'm happy we bounced back from three (straight) losses. You have to be glad about playing hard before the playoffs. This is what it's all about.

Steve Alic

In the past, aberrations have occurred to make it one week. It will be two weeks exclusively every year. Two weeks is natural.

Dan Ferrelli

It's possible that not all of the homicides occurred in Aurora's jurisdiction.

Frank Melton

It occurs to me that I'm not protecting a source. I am the source and I don't need protecting.

Tom Rath

The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.

Sylvia Browne

Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons.

Sandy Howard

We need to make sure that this doesn't occur at other sites around the state.

Michelle Paver

I live on my own, happily, and I've never wanted children, but it did occur to me one day that there's part of me in 'Torak' - he's a loner, I'm a loner - as there's part of me in 'Renn,' who's quite waspish. I think, in some senses, 'Torak' is the son I never had.

Michael Bamberger

That didn't occur to me. I was still in my reporter's mode. I wanted to talk to her first.

William Styron

It did not occur to me that there would be many difficulties to impede my ambition. . . .

Dan Hopkins

With the kind of support he sees around the state, he thinks it would be something important to enact.

Nate Burleson

It was tough for him. When Superman sees Kryptonite for the first time, it's shocking.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see.

Richard Engel

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

Jeff Gundy

We'll know more after he sees the doctor. He's had it for a long time. It has to do with his toenail and having his toenail removed.

Jack Nance

Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people.

Dave Tippett

He sees them as well as anybody, and I trust what he has to stay.

Bob Harris

Well, I think everyone kind of sees us as the sheriff, you know.

Dwane Casey

If he sees somebody open, he's going to make the pass. He's very unselfish, which is what you want in your superstar.

Joe Mauer

He's just touching up. He was a up a little bit, but he was throwing hard.

Cliff Floyd

If you have anything on the throw and it's accurate, you've got a chance,

Mike Hampton

If you're durable, if you're used to throwing a lot, ... I don't think there is any problem.

Andre Ward

I think my jab has a lot to do with having a throwback trainer in Virgil,

Jason Johnson

I just didn't have command. I usually usemy sinker as my out-pitch and tonight I couldn't throw it where and when I wanted to.

Sim Osborn

I had these toys in my house, I've thrown them out, and told everyone I know.

Gerald Laird

I'm throwing good, my thumb is 100 percent,

Zach Duke

I know they are going to have a better of an idea what I throw now. It's going to be fun, and be more of a challenge.

Josh Hancock

I'm not going to come in here and back down. I'm going to come in here and throw my game.