Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
Read over your compositions and whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison Copy Share Image
The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. — Arthur Plotnik Copy Share Image
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
