Draft Quotes · Page 3

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

— Elizabeth Drew

We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.

— Ray Davies

Journalism is merely history's first draft.

— Geoffrey Ward

LeBron had a pretty bad draft suit.

— Julius Randle

The draft is an exciting time.

— Julian Edelman

My first draft for my song

— Maria

I am a product of the draft.

— James Inhofe

I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

— Shelby Foote

The draft not being exceptionally deep, you basically take the best player available.

— Anne Donovan

The baseball draft is very different from the NBA or the NFL.

— Paul DePodesta

Unfortunately, most news writing is the product of a first draft culture.

— Michael Gartner

You've got to make the teams want to draft you.

— Derrick Henry

When I did the zero draft for Six of Crows,' it was a very organic process.

— Leigh Bardugo

A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators.

— Joe Bob Briggs

To be honest, after the draft, I'm always excited.

— Robert Kraft

I read every draft of every episode of every series produced at FX.

— John Landgraf

During my draft process, I had Seattle come and work me out. This is one of the places where I thought I…

— B. J. Daniels

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole…

— Derek Jeter

I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones'…

— Jesmyn Ward

When you're 20 and going to the draft, everybody is telling you what you should wear. I kind of succumbed to peer…

— Baron Davis

I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought…

— Brandon Jacobs

Everything with the draft process, from the combine to visits to pro days, that's great but it's not football.

— Luke Kuechly

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

— Shannon Hale

I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because…

— Ed ONeill

I try not to think too much about an audience when I'm writing the first draft of a book - at that…

— Robin Wasserman

The whole draft is such a build up and I was so nervous all day. I made the decision to not go…

— Kevin Huerter

I don't like re-writing very much. The fourth and the fifth draft - that's too much like work. There's not much inspiration…

— Scott Turow

You acquire all this new talent through the draft, through free agency, always having roster moves. And so being able to bring…

— Doug Pederson

I finished the rough draft of 'Crying in H Mart' in July of 2020. My editor had it for five to six…

— Michelle Zauner

I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some…

— Peter Orner

Everyone said I would be a second-round pick or undrafted guy - that's all I heard coming to the draft - but…

— Kyle Kuzma

I had friends around campus and great teammates. I didn't want to leave. I didn't expect to be regarded and scouted as…

— Chris Bosh

Draft beer, not people.

— Bob Dylan

I draft tweets, like, 20 times.

— Maisie Williams

Don't stop with your first draft.

— P. J. Plauger

“Write the draft from your heart!”

— Kathleen Ballantine Watson

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

— Jane Smiley

Need always plays into your decisions more as the draft unfolds.

— Bill Cowher

I don't want to be that guy that thinks he is a high draft pick and that he has it all.

— Saquon Barkley

The first draft often is really fast, and I'd be terribly ashamed if anybody ever saw it.

— Jonathan Dee