Revision Quotes

102 Revision quotes by 89 unique authors

Remember that "needing" something to change will always flow negative energy and hold it to you. Finding a way to become excited about what it… — Lynn Grabhorn
I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule. — Jamaica Kincaid
I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish'… — Colin Baker
I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn… — Matthew William Goode
My YouTube videos have literally millions of views... Yet I'm still airbrushed out of the BBC Stalinist revision of history; the chart shows have been… — Jonathan King
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Samuel Eliot Morison
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive… — Richard Branson
It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision,… — Peter York
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
I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an… — William Manchester
What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle. — Steven Pressfield
[Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you… — Rachel Carson
The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development.… — Pope Benedict XVI
Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision. — Christian Nestell Bovee
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the… — Stanislav Grof
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they… — Mary Douglas
Half my life is an act of revision. — John Irving
There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of… — Jonathan Kozol
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in… — T.E. Lawrence
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. — Bernard Malamud
I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a… — Joyce Carol Oates
So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some… — George Saunders
Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to… — Vikram Seth
When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart… — Evgeny Morozov
Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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