#revision

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

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What we, or at any rate what I, refer to confidently as memory--meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that has been subjected to a fixative and thereby rescued from oblivion--is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling. Too many conflicting emotional interests are involved for life ever to be wholly acceptable, and possibly it is the work of the storyteller to rearrange things so that they conform to this end. In any case, in talking about the past we lie with every breath we draw. ↗

— William Maxwell

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That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows. ↗

— Kelly Barnhill

#revision #writing #inspirational

Then based on her own recent experience, the Divine Presence had a cruelly perverse sense of humor and His Grand Plan needed drastic revision. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#plan #revision #experience

A few slave holders were undeniably cruel. Examples of slaves beaten to death were not common, neither were they unknown. The majority of slave holders treated their slaves well. ↗

— Glen Chambers

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There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

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He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

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