“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.”
“Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.”
“if you are satisfied with your first draft you are not writing, you are excreting”
“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft.”
“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.”
“No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!”