Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.” — Justin Alcala Copy Share Image
I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive. — Rebekah Brooks Copy Share Image
The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer; you make things better. — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I… — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I remember right after Carter got elected, I was sitting in my apartment in Albany, CA, on a Saturday listening to people… — Bill Joy Copy Share Image
I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative.… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This is a man who graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in three years, editor of the Harvard Law Review, argued… — Rod Parsley Copy Share Image
For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up." ~Happy… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
I believe every editor should stand to edit. That's just my particular soapbox. Some things are so delicate and depend on such… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we… — Joe Simon Copy Share Image
My editor picked out the name she wanted. I was either going to be Kim Harrison or Lisa Harrison, because she wanted… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The digital native doesn't send a letter to the editor anymore. She goes online and starts a blog. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
