Character Quote by Judd Apatow

Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that final two…

— Judd Apatow

Probably the only thing that isn't great is the time when I know I'm very close to finishing the actual writing of the story…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that walking-around-thinking-about-it-when-you're-not-thinking-about-it time…

— Ben Fountain

I have the exact opposite problem of every writer I've ever met: Every writer I've ever met writes things that are too long, and…

— Fran Lebowitz

I always write too long in the beginning, then it is a matter of going through it over and over again on subsequent drafts,…

— Chevy Stevens

I was shooting on The Mindy Project while I was editing Alex of Venice, which was the stupidest thing I could've done. It was…

— Chris Messina

Sometimes having a big amount of time is a gift, because by the time you're at the end of the run you feel like…

— Gillian Anderson

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have…

— Vikas Swarup

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early…

— Satyajit Ray

Sometimes that happens when people don't really know how long they're going to have to stretch their story out for.

— Busy Philipps

My editor and I remain very disciplined. It's just sometimes when you're making a film, you get into the cutting room and you see…

— Alexander Payne

I really am a strong believer that with editing, it should take a long time. Even you yourself are not capable of making the…

— Shirin Neshat