Draft Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell Download Open image “To expose a first draft to anyone's ears other than your own is indecent.” — Lawrence O'Donnell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Draft First Other Own Your
You want to be able to say anything when you do your first draft, because some of that goofy stuff that you think has… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.” — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.” — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all. — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
“The first draft is your “vomit onto the keyboard” draft, wherein your task is to simply keep moving and outrun your doubts.” — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Let go of the idea that somehow you can outsmart a first draft. Because I have never met anybody who can. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The other six or seven drafts are going to be pure torture. So why not enjoy the first draft, in the hope that your… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives. — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions' nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a prosecutor in Alabama, he called the NAACP Un-American. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
A lot of young guys coming up in this league, they're given the spotlight right away, depending on draft stature or whatever the case… — DeSean Jackson Copy Share Image
A draft doesn't produce the people we need to satisfy our real manpower shortage. We need specialists to keep our jets flying. — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
That would just mean so much to be to be thought of as the best player in the draft. — Nick Bosa Copy Share Image
I read and write but my ideas don't go beyond the first draft. When they will, I will make it into a film probably. — Antara Mali Copy Share Image
I still wake up thinking about draft choices we should have made that would have impacted the franchise for a long time, but I… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The first draft of 'Ex Machina' is extremely different than the finished film. That would be like 10% of the original draft stayed into… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses,… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
From watching the draft and following the NFL closely, anything can happen in the draft. But to me, it's not where I get drafted… — Saquon Barkley Copy Share Image
Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper. — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
We try to talk all the time about a vision when we come up with players. Even when we draft players, what's the vision?… — Sean Payton Copy Share Image