There is no such thing as a publishable first draft.

There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it.

— John Braine

Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you…

— Neil Gaiman

With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me…

— Emma Donoghue

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

We just have fun with our NFL Draft coverage because we understand that it's a long process, and there can be technical glitches that…

— Rich Eisen

From watching the draft and following the NFL closely, anything can happen in the draft. But to me, it's not where I get drafted…

— Saquon Barkley

At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses,…

— Alex Smith

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