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8 quotes about editing
Discover inspiring editing quotes from famous authors and thought leaders. Find wisdom and motivation about editing to inspire your life.
editing Quotes
"Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it."(Casual Chance, 1964)"
"The great correspondent of the seventeenth century Madame de Sevigne counseled, "Take chocolate in order that even the most tireome company seem acceptable to you,"which is also sound advice today!"
"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings."
"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit."
"Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear."
"When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest."
"There Are Two Typos Of People In This World: Those Who Can Edit And Those Who Can’t"