Editing Software Quotes:

What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just as a silly example: How would the comment section on YouTube change if, to use it, you had to have the schooling necessary to have a basic understanding of how computers and the internet work? More seriously, would anyone smart enough to know how to design and build a tank, or a laser guided anti-aircraft missile, or a computer and video editing software be stupid enough to join ISIS? In fact, if such knowledge was required—would it even be possible for there to be standing armies?

- John C. Wright

topic: Smart, Stupid, Silly, Editing Software, Video Editing

If you are a professional writer - i.e., if someone else is getting paid to worry about how your words are formatted and printed - Emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars. It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes everything else vanish.

- Neal Stephenson

source: "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line". Essay by Neal Stephenson, 1999.

topic: Stars, Editing, Worry, Editing Software

Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9

- Dennis Ritchie

topic: Editing, Done, Mail, Editing Software

My wife convinced me to try doing the restorations digitally. I thought I could learn the photo editing software over the Thanksgiving weekend. It took me until May of the next year before I sold anything I did with it.

- Donald Lambert

topic: Photography, Weekend, Editing, Editing Software

If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!

- Lucas Cruikshank

topic: Fun, Giving Up, Writing, Editing Software, Video Editing