Quotes by Editing My core competency has really informed my painting. The roots of editing stem from classical paintings - classic painters intended to drive your eye from this conflict to that intrigue, ending with a caprice. That is a montage, that is editing. It became a flipbook in later generations. Billy Zane eye roots editing What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess I'm quite conservative and romantic about the power of melodies. I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it's good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me. Bjork singing circles editing Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. Blake Morrison knives editing writing I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story - it's casting, editing, cinematography. Bonnie Raitt editing stories together I have a company where I'm trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We're editing that and there's a doc going with it. Boyd Holbrook editing trying men The best moments can't be preconceived. I've spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead. Brad Pitt expression editing perfect Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too. Brian Eno film earth editing I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything. Brit Marling kitchen meals editing Obviously movies like this [Fast and the Furious 7] don't get any love from the Academy. If they do, it may be special effects or sound editing or something like that. Bun B special editing sound Even if I loved the script, the director has to be right because it's all about the filmmaker. It's their vision. They're the ones that go back into the editing room and reassemble the film. Cameron Diaz vision editing directors In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the camera was rolling or you're taking a line from somewhere else and putting it in his mouth. Campbell Scott actors editing somewhere-else I always see the filming as basically going to the grocery store and buying a bunch of ingredients and that's about as far from having a dinner as you can possibly be. Then editing is the cooking, the preparation of the meal and if you don't edit it you've just got a pile of raw meat. Casey Neistat preparation cooking editing I'm definitely curious about what the new iPhone and it's video editing capabilities will lend to that. Casey Neistat iphone video editing When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas. Catherine Hardwicke creative editing ideas Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. Charles Caleb Colton real editing writing We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in. Charles de Lint cutting editing jobs I find that the majority of the year, I don't spend acting. I spend it either writing or editing or producing, or putting things together. So it's as shocking as it is tragic. I really enjoy it. It's a valuable skill set. I certainly feel like more of a grownup. Charlie Day skills editing writing And then to see the whole movie, you're pretty much waiting until the end of production. And the major lifting in terms of editing and all that stuff is done before you shoot the movie. That's an unusual way to work. Charlie Kaufman done waiting editing I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that sort of stuff. Casting. On the set there's not a lot for me to do. Charlie Kaufman casting editing stuff People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes Chris Abani editing writing thinking «1234567891011»
