"Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too."

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Source : "Black day for the blue pencil". www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2005.

Blake Morrison

#Writing Quotes #Editing Quotes #Knives Quotes

“I think playing a horn has had a great influence on my singing. I've tried to approach singing from an instrumental mindset. Space is just as important as sound.”
“Discovery can give no right of ownership, for whatever is discovered must have been already here to be discovered. If a man makes a wheelbarrow, or a book, or a picture, he has a moral right to that particular wheelbarrow, or book, or picture, but no right to ask that others be prevented from making similar things. Such a prohibition, though given for the purpose of stimulating discovery and invention, really in the long run operates as a check upon them.”
“There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.”

Source : "Holy Mother". "Prabuddha Bharatha" Journal, 1969.
“...evoking memories, particularly of days gone by.”
“One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.”
“I don't think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don't really want to spend much time listening to it again.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.”
“If time heals all wounds, then why are there so many ticked off old people walking around”

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