Between the lines

There's an essay titled "Epitaph in the old days" by a columnist Tamio Koike in Asahi Shimbun. The other day, I found quatations from Jean Cocuteau.

"Would you know the importance, mysterious, beautiful importance of what could be there, what is cut? In the margin, between the lines, there flows sacrificed nectar." (Le Potomak)

He wrote down the impressive words by Charlie Chaplin. "When he finishes filming, he [shakes the tree and lets the fruits drop]. He cuts down unneccessary scenes relentlessly. He knows there should remain only what is clung to the branches tightly." (La Difficult´ed'＾etre)

Revising is the most difficult task.