I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes day draft early
A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue. Hallie Ephron bluedarkfigure Change image and share on social
Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn. Hallie Ephron crackdorothyephron Change image and share on social
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are. Hallie Ephron backcharacterconception Change image and share on social
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life. Ishmael Beah begincivilearly Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social