#rewrite

A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#best #concerned #even #far #get

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#doing #find #hard #i #into

I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#directors #everything #i #know #projects

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite. ↗

— Peter Straub

#been #clumsy #copy #could #dozens

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#become #bestseller #books #del #did

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#edit #go #important #important thing #learn

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#becomes #collection #create #group #may

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks. ↗

— Anne Perry

#did #i #pages #rewrite #two

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' ↗

— John Sayles

#character #day #dialogue #feel #get

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#against #campaign #campaigns #comparative #devising