Quotes by Revision There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly inspired, only four revisions are needed. John Kenneth Galbraith revisionfourwriting But I had to kill you, because the only other possible ending was us doing it, which I wasn't really emotionally ready to write about at ten.' 'Fair enough,' I say. 'But in the revision, I want to get some action. John Green revisionwantwriting The writer’s life is a life of revisions. Jonathan Franzen revisionlife-is I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream? Katherine Paterson revisionmilkice-cream I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest. Katherine Paterson revisionour-liveswriting I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow. Laurence Overmire revisionfuturethinking This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction. Laurent Fabius revisioneconomyassuming Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural. Laurie Halse Anderson revisionsoundmean The moment clients realize that revisions are not an all-you-can-eat buffet, suddenly they realize they are not hungry. Lester Beall revisionbuffetsclients The contents of a house can trigger all sorts of revisions to family history. Louise Erdrich revisiontriggershouse Revision is its own reward. Marianne Moore revisionrewards Sometimes the best revision of a poem is a new poem. Marvin Bell revisionsometimes Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation May Sarton revisioncreationprocess Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat. Michael Longley revisionredhot If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task of writing. Pearl S. Buck revisiontaskswriting Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. Richard Branson revisionchangestories Revision is a good impulse to have. Rigoberto Gonzalez revisionimpulse In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things Rita Dove revisionpoetprocess My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time. Robin Ince revisionlife-isfirsts A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand. Sheila Kaye-Smith revisionplanningtoo-much«123»
