"I can’t write five words but that I change seven."
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"Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision."
"This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction."
"But I had to kill you, because the only other possible ending was us doing it, which I wasn't really emotionally ready to write about at ten.' 'Fair enough,' I say. 'But in the revision, I want to get some action."