(125 quotes found)
“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.”
Arthur Polotnik
“You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.”
Mel Brooks
“We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.”
George Wald
“The Review's labyrinthine editing process does to the written word what the Cuisinart does to broccoli.”
David Margolick
“Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be”
Mark Twain
“Quotation in editing”
Paris Hilton
“I then go miserably enough to the typewriter and I edit with tiny little pen scribbles until you can't read it anymore. And then, I put it into a word processor.”
Campbell Geeslin
“For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors newspaper or broadcast can and do abuse this power is beyond doubt, but that is no reason to deny the discretion Congress provided.”
Warren E. Burger
“Quote In Editing”
“A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition.”
Clare Whiting
