#editing

For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm. ↗

— Donnie Yen

#me #rely #rhythm #scoring #shooting

I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive. ↗

— Will Smith

#business #doing #editing #i #i am

What I don't have in theater is editing. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#i #theater

Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#done #editing #mail #plan #software

Making love to me is amazing. Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. The absence of two little commas nearly transformed me into a sex god.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#amazement #amazing #commas #editing #funny

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

#change

I work in my study, taking the collections of words that people send me and making small adjustments to them, changing something here and there, checking everything is in order and putting a part of myself into the text by introducing just a little bit of difference. ("Substitutions") ↗

— Michael Marshall Smith

#proofreading #change

I have a real problem with bloat -- I write like fat ladies diet. ↗

— Stephen King

#writing #diet

When I'm writing, I make words my b*tch. But when I'm editing, the words make me their b*tch. It all equals out in the end. ↗

— Richard B. Knight

#writing-life #writing-process #equality

A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible. ↗

— Sandi Layne

#humor