Before Quote by Kresley Cole

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my…

— David Twohy

Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in one place,…

— Robert Harris

The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it.

— ZZ Packer

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I don't think people realizemilie-autumn-devils-carnivale that, once you turn your director's cut in, it's no longer yours.

— Darren Lynn Bousman

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best…

— Jon Favreau

I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto…

— Jay Roach

To be honest, I wrote so many drafts of this book [ The Nightingale ] and changed the characters so many times; the real…

— Megan Chance

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and…

— Anders Holm

While I had no intention of ending the series after 'The Spellmans Strike Again,' I did close many doors in that book and, with…

— Lisa Lutz

It's like you might have some great scene that you love but for some reason - and you can't necessarily put your finger on…

— Neil Burger

I hope to take advantage of the Netflix organism and see if there are ways to get in new material and see if there…

— Mitchell Hurwitz