Draft Quotes

289 quotes by 261 authors

At college my three main interests were - in descending order of importance - a steady supply of recreational drugs, a 2-S draft deferment, and… — Garry Trudeau
Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's… — Rick Pitino
Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people. — Anne Tyler
Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die. — Katherine Anne Porter
I've never shown anybody a draft of anything. — Shelby Foote
Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep… — Phyllis McGinley
Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. — Robert Bloch
When they tried to draft me, I earned a college degree. — Jimmy Buffett
The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and… — Dino De Laurentiis
I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft. — Nora Roberts
I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down. — Nora Roberts
During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it… — Laini Taylor
It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize… — David Sedaris
Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional… — William Zinsser
It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as… — Rose Tremain
Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies. — Jonathan Stroud
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the… — Robert Jay Lifton
You hate to see yourself do one draft of a script and then have somebody else come back in and change what you've done. — Thomas Lennon

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