"The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it."

-- ZZ Packer

#Cutting Quotes #Issues Quotes #Editing Quotes

“Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.”

Source : "Nature and the Soul" by Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 7, 2011.
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
“I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.”
“I thought Obama was brilliant. He's so informed. He's circumspect. He's articulate. He's thoughtful. Well, I think in my lifetime, there's never been anything like it.”
“The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”
“I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.”
“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”
“There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.”

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