"Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil."

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Source : "Editor in the spotlight" by William Skidelsky, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2007.

Robert Gottlieb

#Mean Quotes #Lunch Quotes #Editing Quotes

“What a difference that extra 120 ppm has made for plants, and for animals and humans that depend on them. The more carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere, the more it is absorbed by plants of every description - - and the faster and better they grow, even under adverse conditions like limited water, extremely hot air temperatures, or infestations of insects, weeds and other pests. As trees, grasses, algae and crops grow more rapidly and become healthier and more robust, animals and humans enjoy better nutrition on a planet that is greener and greener.”
“It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Film is something that reaches so many people. How many people are going to go into a gallery? And understand what they're seeing? I think about the guy walking down the street, the guy who drove me here - this guy has the opportunity to go the cinema.”
“I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people who do more than they have to for what they get in return, and those people are kind right to the heart.”

Source : Nahoko Uehashi (2014). “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”, p.44, Scholastic Inc.
“The only way I thought I could do a greatest hits album is to do it in a prison where they have no f**king idea who I am. I'd do what I consider the best of those old, early CDs before I did DVDs. A women's prison would be even better, but it has to be English-speaking.”
“Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!”
“I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.”
“Very little in this world makes sense.”

Source : Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: The Secret Series”, p.161, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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