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In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors don't want to do is edit. It's not nearly as conducive to a successful career as having lunch out with important agents or going to meetings where you get noticed.

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to write a certain kind of book. Sometimes that's hard.

I've written under the radar for quite some time, and I always looked at editing as writing.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

My self-editing process is intense.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.