Quotes by Editing I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me. Leni Riefenstahl magic cutting editing You can't revise a blank page. Leonard Wolf blank-pages pages editing Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever. Leos Carax editing forever fiction There is no way that my mother hasn't influenced my career. She's my first critic. She's my best critic. She has the best instincts from writing to style to editing, to the visual elements of my career. Lena Dunham mother editing writing There's something cathartic about swearing 150 times after spending ten hours in the editing room. Liev Schreiber hours editing rooms I tend to elongate the sentences as I'm writing and editing, and there is just something about the feeling of writing longhand that I really love. Lily King editing feelings writing Believe it or not, I even love the editing stage. It's something that apparently comes naturally to me. Linda Conrad stage editing believe Hundreds of scientists from around the world are gathering in Washington, D.C. for what some say could be a historic meeting. They are attending an international summit to debate one of the most controversial subjects in modern science , editing human DNA. Linda Wertheimer dna editing world Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as I go. And there's always more to fix. Lorrie Moore ongoing editing trying I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a comma here, a word there. Lydia Davis editors levels editing I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command. Lynn Abbey editors successful editing I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality. I had lots of ideas and a strong sense of structure, and I enjoyed working with talented writers, relishing the give-and-take in making their work better. Lynn Povich strong editing writing I think the hardest thing to teach a student is that what he or she puts down on paper is changeable. It's not the final thing, it's the first thing, which may just be the suggestive, vague identification of something that you have to come back to and rewrite. M. H. Abrams finals editing thinking After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor. Lynne Truss editing jobs years I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again. Marc Forster shooting editing directors I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it. Margaret Cho cutting editing home Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero editing mind writing A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. Marianne Moore unfair editors editing I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing. Marilyn Hacker kind editing jobs A lot of it is found in the editing room and part of that is due to some of the improvisational tactics we employ on set. Part of it is that the shot goes a little bit long and they end up coming down to fit time. Mark Duplass tactics editing long «89101112131415161718»
