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 Copy Share Image
A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts. — T. Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
For me, I think [art] exists in a cave. I am in a cave. I have my own editing place, but I'm… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that… — Craig Newmark Copy Share Image
It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you give the same 200 frames to 200 different people, they'll all probably pick a different frame. The key is editing.… — Russell James Copy Share Image
I really like the 'Bourne' films but the editing style during the action scenes has been overdone. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound. — Ramin Bahrani Copy Share Image
One of the first things I said to my kids and we all agreed upon when we first started shooting the show… — Kris Jenner Copy Share Image
Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I realized - and I am probably the last person in the world to realize this - that we live our lives… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
With comedy, you get an immediate response. I'm the whole kit and the kaboodle. I am the whole thing and can steer… — Joe Torry Copy Share Image
What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts. — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
Alfred Hitchcock talked about planning out his movies so meticulously that when he was actually shooting and editing, it was the most… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“There is a kind of gaping admiration that would fain roll Shakespeare and Bacon into one, to have a bigger thing to… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I have already made this paper too long, for which I must crave pardon, not having now time to make it shorter.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It's possible to think of photography as an act of editing, a matter of where you put your rectangle pull it out… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. — James Franco Copy Share Image
Your job as an executive is to edit, not write. It's OK to write once in a while but if you do… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
I am a bit of a control freak I think but I do enjoy as editing is really fun. It is where… — Rhod Gilbert Copy Share Image
A writer should be of as great probity and honesty as a priest of God. He is either honest or not, as… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image