I couldn't follow the events of September 11 because I was proofreading a novel I'd just completed - on Islam and its… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
I think one of the best jobs in the universe must be being the editor of 'The New Yorker', but there are… — Michael Wolf Copy Share Image
I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
I had this vague notion that one day I might be editor of 'Vogue China.' It was a bizarre ambition, as I… — Katie McGrath Copy Share Image
Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“A picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if… — James Lee Schmidt Copy Share Image
Professional humorists and cartoonists have to go through a stage in which they have to kill their own internal editor just so… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I bristle at the implication that only with the help of a Big Six editor does a novel lose its self-indulgent aspects.… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
“Kita tidak bisa menyamaratakan kesedihan orang lain dengan kesedihan kita.” — Lea Agustina Citra Copy Share Image
I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more!… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs. — Kamal Ahmed Copy Share Image
“An editor is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one then you are better off alone.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I was working for Time-Life Books from 1962 to 1970, as a staff writer, and after that, I was a journalist. Eventually,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. It… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it's a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
I had a brief period of questioning whether I should perhaps adopt a child. And my New Yorker editor, Henry Finder, was… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
