This clipping is from The New York Times Magazine, July 9, 1995. It was in the “Questions For” section, which was newish then and given significantly less ink than it gets today. In this column the questions were for choreographer Mark Morris.
Q: What qualities are most important in a choreographer?
A: Imagination and knowing when to stop. Just because you think it’s interesting doesn’t mean it actually is interesting.
Q: That’s probably good advice for writers, too.
A: Exactly! It’s an editorial skill.
“Just because you think it’s interesting doesn’t mean it actually is interesting.” I think about that sentence a lot.
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