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- Nov 07, 2020
Drafting Quotes
On first drafts, revisions, and the craft of creating.
These drafting quotes capture the creative process, from the joy of a first draft to the more technical work of drafting legal regulations, a craft as deliberate as good Architecture.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard 'More Than A Feeling' for the first time when somebody came running into my office in the engineering department and said, 'Your song's on the radio in the drafting department!'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.
- Good Deal
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a television producer, you do a lot of writing - drafting proposals for pilot shows and other things, so yes, a good deal of writing was involved.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a lawyer, I can assure you that a lot of document drafting is repetitive, involving cutting and pasting from templates. But the best lawyers bring a unique perspective to the process and anticipate clients' problems.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country.
- Destination
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to investigating a president, the special counsel regulations I had the privilege of drafting in 1998-99 say that such inquiries have one ultimate destination: Congress.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think at the end of the day, even though I didn't win a Super Bowl ring, I felt like I backed them up for drafting me. I backed up the San Diego Chargers for picking me with the fifth pick.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met with an Automaidan activist who was part of a self-appointed group drafting a lustration law for parliament, which would exclude from political life people who actively participated in Yanukovych's criminal regime.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set up in a spare bedroom and I cover it with maps and house plans and sketches that I use in the books. Also, I truly love architecture, so that plays a big part in all my books.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father worked in Chrysler's drafting department and used to bring home tracing paper, No. 2 pencils, and masking tape from the office. With these, I used to trace off drawings from the 'Superman' and 'Batman' comics and put them up on my bedroom walls.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing 'Men We Reaped' broke me in different ways at different spots in the drafting process. The first draft was hard because I was just getting it out. In some ways, that draft failed. I was really just telling the story, not making assessments - this happened, then this. Just putting those facts down on paper was really painful.
- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.
- Bumper
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- Nov 07, 2020