A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“Why aren’t the thinks I’m thinking getting thunk on the page any faster?!? (from Stop Lying: Writing Is Hard on ChristopherLehman.com)” — Christopher Lehman Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I like to select a mentor, a master, and let him guide me through a revision of one of my paintings...… — Rico Lebrun Copy Share Image
In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision.… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
Revision, once well done, becomes a sort of automatic itch which you scratch in the next work without thinking about it. — Romulus Linney Copy Share Image
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The best advice I can give on this is, once it's done, to put it away until you can read it with… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.” — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Through revision, I enter the realm of the unspeakable and find the words that have eluded me. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. It differs, however, from most other branches of human… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
I'm not reading currently because I'm getting revisions of a novel. If I read while I'm writing I will unconsciously plagiarize and… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is… — Densey Clyne Copy Share Image
“How, then, to proceed? My method is: I imagine a meter mounted in my forehead, with “P” on this side (“Positive”) and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These teachings in regard to woman so faithfully reflect the provisions of the canon law that it is fair to infer that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
