Never tell a computer to forget it.
When in doubt, delete it.
I would delete Donald Trump. I would delete Hillary Clinton. I would delete the man who was responsible for Brexit.
One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
I don’t see why it matters what is written. Not when it’s about people. It can always be crossed out.
The great thing about a pilot is you can make your mistakes and no-one sees them... Or they see them on iPlayer and it gets taken off a year later, to be disposed of or whatever's happened to it.
I like things you can touch and things you can keep, because every bit of communication we have is ephemeral in nature. You can just delete an e-mail and it's like it was never there.
They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.
It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.
I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.
I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly.
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.
When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?
