"Editing Hemingway was like wrestling with a god." — Unknown Author

More Editing Quotes

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• I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that. — Drew Barrymore
• There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings
• Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card
• I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut. — Graydon Carter
• The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate… — Graydon Carter
• I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with… — Margaret Cho
• I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst… — Priyanka Chopra
• Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
• Everyone needs an editor. — Timothy Foote
• The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is. — August Wilson
• Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. — George D. Prentice
• Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison

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