You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson went through the New Testament and removed all the miracles, leaving only the teachings. Take a source, extract what appeals… — David Shields Copy Share Image
When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
“Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
What naturally stops you making the film is there is no more money in the budget. That's really what it is. If… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right. — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
If you are a professional writer - i.e., if someone else is getting paid to worry about how your words are formatted… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
Peeping through my keyhold I see within the range of only about 30 percent of the light that comes from the sun;… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
This whole idea of editing, not one time I can tell you, not one time has a producer ever asked me to… — Alyssa Edwards Copy Share Image
It's hard for people to understand editing, I think. It's absolutely like sculpture. You get a big lump of clay, and you… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties Immersion/Illumination-creative intervention/risk Revision-conscious structuring and editing of creative material. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Dolce & Gabbana is like our child. The editing of a collection before a show is a tough call, as we would… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
Think of the imagination as a giant stone from which we carve out new ideas. As we chip away, our new ideas… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
There's some things that you learn as you're shooting, and as you're editing that are key, because when you start you don't… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's… — Dan Futterman Copy Share Image
