Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Nobody comes into my editing room, ever. Art by committee is a really bad idea. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
“I edit my own stories to death. They eventually run and hide from me.” — Jeanne Voelker 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
[on editing of the films] There is always a question of time, and the director. I've worked with a lot of directors… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you. — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. — James Franco Copy Share Image
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin Copy Share Image
“At some point we must stop editing everyone else' story and start writing our own.” — John E. Carson Copy Share Image
The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. And the joy of writing, when you're writing from… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I chose to go to Arizona, because it was an opportunity to make something that I've never done. To work with different… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
'Waiting For Guffman' was different right away from 'Spinal Tap,' because we didn't show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video… — Lucas Cruikshank Copy Share Image
I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that,… — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was… — Simon Schama 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
I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal,… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 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
I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work.… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
Paris is a beautiful city to walk around in. And, you know, all the obvious things: I like the museums, I like… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Well, the 'Giuliana & Bill' show is a little bit different because Giuliana and I are the executive producers of the show,… — Bill Rancic Copy Share Image
Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together. — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
“Being discouraged is natural but giving up is not an option.” — Courtney Worth Young Copy Share Image
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