Editing Quotes

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And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it,… — Paul Reiser
As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to… — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib. — Quincy Jones
Editing is kind of a solitary job. — Joe Dante
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. — Martin Short
I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then I spend years… — Porochista Khakpour
In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the camera was rolling or you're taking a… — Campbell Scott
George Lazenby is no one's favorite James Bond, but for me the anonymity at the center of this lavish production only serves to reveal the… — Christopher Nolan
Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means that you've gotten… — J. J. Abrams
With the camera, it's all or nothing. You either get what you're after at once, or what you do has to be worthless. I don't… — Walker Evans
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin
As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But,… — Bernardo Bertolucci
Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows. — Pete Waterman
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose. — Edward Tufte
Editing is not merely a method of the junction of separate scenes or pieces, but is a method that controls the 'psychological guidance' of the… — Vsevolod Pudovkin
Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process. — Sydney Pollack
I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a… — Barbara Taylor Bradford
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I… — Lynn Abbey
God purposed redemption in Christ Jesus before the world began, and His plan does not need any editing by man. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards,… — Edward Blishen

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