Draft Quotes

289 quotes by 261 authors

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. — Jim Lehrer
Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes. — Jeremy Lin
I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter… — Jeremy Lin
My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar. — Maya Lin
Everything you've ever read of mine is first-draft. This is one of the peculiarities of the comics field. By the time you're working on chapter… — Alan Moore
Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. — P.J. O'Rourke
In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels. Some… — James Patterson
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative… — Bob Schieffer
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. — Nicholas Sparks
To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward.… — J. Michael Straczynski
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I… — Radhanath Swami
I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about… — Anne Tyler
We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for… — Steven Tyler
Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed. — Bill Vaughan
I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective. — Jesse Ventura
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league.… — J C Watts
When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I… — Len Wein
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. — H.G. Wells
My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist… — Daphne Zuniga
I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second. — Colm Toibin

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