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title: "8 Editor Like Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Editor Like quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Editor Like sayings and thoughts."
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> [An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-thompson-walker/an-editor-is-like-a-professional-reader-and-as-i-became-a-better/)

[Karen Thompson Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-thompson-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/karen-thompson-walker-3430_books_an-editor-is-like-a-professional-reader_97060.png)

> [An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rockwell/an-editor-is-like-a-painter-there-is-a-magic-in-that/)

[Sam Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rockwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/sam-rockwell-14764_editors_an-editor-is-like-a-painter-there-is-a-m_1027277.jpg)

> [“For the writer who truly loves language, a trip to the copy editor is like a week at a spa. You come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-lerner/for-the-writer-who-truly-loves-language-a-trip-to-the-copy-editor-is/)

[Betsy Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-lerner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/betsy-lerner-21752_truly-love_for-the-writer-who-truly-loves-language_1745276.jpg)

> [“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobbi-romans/a-good-editor-is-like-tinsel-to-a-christmas-tree-they-add-the-perfect/)

[Bobbi Romans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobbi-romans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/bobbi-romans-102357_authors_a-good-editor-is-like-tinsel-to-a-christ_1804418.jpg)

> [Calling EMACS an editor is like calling the Earth a hunk of dirt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-dibona/calling-emacs-an-editor-is-like-calling-the-earth-a-hunk-of-dirt/)

[Chris DiBona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-dibona/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/chris-dibona-64397_calling_calling-emacs-an-editor-is-like-calling_2101826.jpg)

> [Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-thompson-walker/working-as-an-editor-was-like-being-a-professional-reader-and-the/)

[Karen Thompson Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-thompson-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/karen-thompson-walker-3430_books_working-as-an-editor-was-like-being-a-pr_2197196.png)

> [“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-firming-up-the-body-making-the/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/sandi-layne-53343_editing-humor_a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-fi_2860437.jpg)

> [“An editor is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one then you are better off alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/an-editor-is-like-a-priest-or-a-psychiatrist-if-you-get-the-wrong-one/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/toni-morrison-271_better-off-alone_an-editor-is-like-a-priest-or-a-psychiat_3028354.jpg)

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