Editing Quotes · Page 10

James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing — is there anything you can do?

— Natasha Leggero

I like editing. Generally, you work under the assumption that everything can be shorter. I like to see if I can reconstruct…

— Sheldon Harnick

Sometimes when you're editing a movie, you have the thing that you don't expect - which is you make it longer and…

— Wes Anderson

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the…

— Paul Reiser

I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned…

— Alfonso Cuaron

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet…

— Henry David Thoreau

I don't like a kind of workshop that is about editing--I don't want to sit there and be an editor. I don't…

— Natasha Trethewey

I really only became an editor, or started doing my own editing because I was filming the docs and you simply can't…

— John Hyams

A movie is a creative process from its conception, through its writing, to its execution, to the editing. I think with the…

— Simon Pegg

My core competency has really informed my painting. The roots of editing stem from classical paintings - classic painters intended to drive…

— Billy Zane

Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and…

— Anonymous

The thing about having an amazing stylist - it's not about who is better: it's more so about your body type finding…

— Kiersey Clemons

Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature…

— Anna Wintour

To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather…

— Woody Allen

Finding the fine line between satisfying a daytime TV audience and an afternoon radio audience. That involved editing down my delivery to…

— Wendy Williams

I watched a lot of movies from all over the world. The Russians were very good at editing. They were specialists in…

— Michel Hazanavicius

“The rhythm of editing, the length of a frame- these are not merely dictated by the professional need to establish a link…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

You must stop editing--or you'll never finish anything. Begin with a time-management decision that indicates when the editing is to be finished:…

— Kenneth Atchity

Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I'll just say to Jack, "Let's let the next…

— Stan Lee

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor…

— James Thurber

Performance is made in the editing room, and I've come to see the truth in that - the idea that they say…

— Ralph Fiennes

[M]y first published book had just appeared in stores. The last year of my life-the year of finishing it, editing it, and…

— Tom Bissell

“Border crossing' is a recurrent theme in all aspects of my work -- editing, writing, and painting. I'm interested in the various…

— Terri Windling

I was shooting on The Mindy Project while I was editing Alex of Venice, which was the stupidest thing I could've done.…

— Chris Messina

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what…

— Maya Lin

I'm making art and making decisions and editing things. I don't live my life to broadcast it into the art world; I…

— Frances Stark

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

— Stephen Hopkins

I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set.

— Til Schweiger

The editing process, to use a slightly grim analogy, is like the slow suffocation of lots of babies. It's like, which finger…

— Edgar Wright

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

— Vera Farmiga

I've been toying around with the whole 'how to' genre for a little while actually. I just love that style of editing…

— John Wilson

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego…

— Graydon Carter

Veteran' is an exercise in editing because there is a lot of moments I took out and some that almost didn't make…

— JPEGMAFIA

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

— Alex Kapranos

I feel like I might be a designer or stylist - or a director because I have always been super interested in…

— Billie Eilish

I'm too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

— Jason Reitman

“Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, build on to that which is already excellent.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

My forte is editing and I am most experienced in that. I love the challenge of playing with material and imagination while…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come…

— Rachel Boston

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the…

— Jason Reitman