Editing Quotes

280 quotes by 249 authors

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
Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9 — Dennis Ritchie
I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at… — Macklemore
With the enormous and steady increase in the volume of our literature, we must rely more and more upon sympathetic selection, judicious editing, and the… — Rossiter Johnson
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines — Bill Walsh
I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me. — Leni Riefenstahl
Make no mistake, the organizations website counsels. You will be writing a lot of crap. And thats a good thing. By forcing yourself to write… — Laura Miller
What I don't have in theater is editing. — Julie Taymor
The shooting of the movie is the truth part and the editing of the movie is the lying part, the deceit part — Paul Hirsch
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical… — John Negroponte
Taste is an evolution and refinement of oneâ€™s personal likes and dislikes. This evolution takes place with a constant curiosity and interest in everything. The… — Norma Kamali
I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing. — Marilyn Hacker
James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing â€” is there anything you can do? — Natasha Leggero
I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it.… — Kevin J. Anderson
I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to… — Frederick Wiseman
Fabricating reality was criminal; editing it, commonplace. — Amy Waldman
This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get… — Walter Murch
If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a matter of sloppy editing. I'm… — Robert Fulghum
Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to suffer from a drastic lack of editing.… — Larry McMurtry

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