Alleys Quote by Frank Gehry

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

— Stephen Hopkins

Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.

— M. Ward

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

— Christian Marclay

When I'm editing my work, I'm looking for everything to fit, to feel seamless, for every detail or line of dialogue or scene to…

— Roxane Gay

I write out of my intellectual experience.

— Tom Stoppard

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I…

— Anita Shreve

I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I…

— Barack Obama

I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there…

— Bill Frisell

My forte is editing and I am most experienced in that. I love the challenge of playing with material and imagination while editing.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.

— Jimmy Smits

I'm not reading what I write when I wrote. It's an unconscious outpouring that's a mess, and it's many, many steps away from anything…

— Jennifer Egan

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes