Spontaneous is what you get after the seventeenth draft.

“Late in the winter of my seventeenth year,”

— Anonymous

“You’re so seventeenth century.”

— Susan Catalano

In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.

— William Lilly

“The seventeenth, Desmond! Come along at once; everything's all right. We're going to buy a huge bracelet for my wife, an enormous cigarette-holder for…

— Colette

“Mare Molly Barrow, born November seventeenth, 302 of the New Era, to Daniel and Ruth Barrow,” Tiberias recites from memory, laying my life bare.”

— Victoria Aveyard

“It's because today is your seventeenth birthday. Starting today, you will remain by her highness's side as her servant, in accordance with the ancient…

— Nozomu Tamaki

After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first…

— Kent Haruf

The first draft of 'Ex Machina' is extremely different than the finished film. That would be like 10% of the original draft stayed into…

— Alex Garland

I still wake up thinking about draft choices we should have made that would have impacted the franchise for a long time, but I…

— Theo Epstein

I am a product of the draft.

— James Inhofe

I read and write but my ideas don't go beyond the first draft. When they will, I will make it into a film probably.

— Antara Mali

That would just mean so much to be to be thought of as the best player in the draft.

— Nick Bosa

The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.

— Ravi Subramanian

A draft doesn't produce the people we need to satisfy our real manpower shortage. We need specialists to keep our jets flying.

— Patricia Schroeder

A lot of young guys coming up in this league, they're given the spotlight right away, depending on draft stature or whatever the case…

— DeSean Jackson