Draft Quotes

289 quotes by 261 authors

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came… — Margaret Atwood
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out… — Lynn Abbey
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. — Ambrose Bierce
I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability… — Judy Blume
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. — Jean de la Bruyere
Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be… — Harlan Coben
It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light… — Maya Angelou
This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let's go and beat this guy up and come back and… — Ernest Hemingway
My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are… — Phil Jackson
I heard there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft. — George W. Bush
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black… — Malcolm X
You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think. — Sean Connery
You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the mother, advocate and protector of… — Lori Borgman
Israel has a people's army and a draft and therefore they should be considered legitimate targets. They are part of the occupying power, and Palestinians… — Mohamed Elmasry
Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible. — Jalal Talabani
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've… — Ted Solotaroff
You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out. — James A. Michener
When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes every… — Michael Chabon
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first draft… — Kent Haruf
In the big picture I write for an audience of people I've never met. By the final draft I'm looking for anything in the prose… — Lionel Shriver

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