An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often they operate a snack bar and expect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I felt old. Again. It had been happening a lot lately. I did not live the life of an old lady, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As editor of the largest newspaper in West Virginia, I scan hundreds of reports daily . . . and I am amazed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one… — Anonymous 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'd forgotten - perhaps preferred to forget - that I'd caved in to the interference of some copy-editor... somebody anonymous whose commitment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I personally made lots of mistakes during my 10-12 years as a newspaper editor. Some of which I felt were big mistakes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
