Draft Quotes

This life isn't bad for a first draft.

— Joan Konner

News is the first draft of history.

— Ben Bradlee

I got a chip on my shoulder from the Draft.

— Jordan Clarkson

The draft's crazy. Everybody knows that.

— Andy Dalton

Draft day is just another chapter in my life.

— Jameis Winston

[News is] a first rough draft of history.

— Phil Graham

I will never support a draft.

— Michael Capuano

I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.

— Erin Morgenstern

I write with pen and paper, my first draft, on legal pads.

— Jennifer Egan

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

— Bill Cowher

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

— Jane Smiley

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

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

— Joe Bob Briggs

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

— Leigh Bardugo

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

— Derrick Henry

When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.

— Alex Smith

I think teams make the same decisions every year based on the same information and based on the same decision-making. I think…

— Malcolm Brogdon

The hardest part of writing is the first draft, and the closer you get to your deadline, the messier your workspace becomes…

— Tess Gerritsen

Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed.

— Bill Vaughan

One of the reasons why I had such a horrible draft is that I hosted an eight-hour pool party before the draft.…

— Katie Aselton

At the end of the day you never know what team still wants what player. You just never know with the draft.

— Aaron Donald

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

— Jim Lehrer

I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing…

— Sia

I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted…

— Claire Cameron

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

— Alex Smith

We have an incredible national forest service, and we have an incredible child outreach program that the president has put together. I…

— Montel Williams

To draft a bill of rights that simply replicates the European convention on human rights gives the game away; namely that the…

— Keir Starmer

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever…

— Rick Pitino

When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on…

— Greg Poehler

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last…

— Robert Griffin III

“Tony Cox, still a painter and not yet married to Yoko Ono, pioneered in the use of mescaline for draft-evasion. 400 milligrams…

— Peter Stafford

You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and…

— A. J. Hawk

With Ibrahim al-Koni, what I figured out was - and you'll see this in his novels - if your time is limited,…

— Elliott Colla

The draft is a monstrous violation of individual liberty, and even a good motive cannot make it otherwise. In a free society…

— Sheldon Richman

I think most of us secretly know – and those of us at the radical middle are inclined to say – that…

— Mark Satin

When I got drafted I was sitting at home with my Mom watching the draft live on the internet when my name…

— Graham Taylor

I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get…

— Andy Rooney

“Rule NO 3 [of the Fictional Basketball Player Draft]: Rick Fox isn't allowed to participate in any capacity. There's no real reason…

— Shea Serrano