When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
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I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the Sandman. It was immediately cut by the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
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If you enjoy reading, writing, learning, and sharing what you have learned, don't hesitate to look for a life where you can… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
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It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ.' These words are… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I was in a pharmacy and I saw the warnings on the backs of poisonous substances, and I thought, "Well, that's what… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
That's what I try to do as a writer and as the editor of HuffPost: cover important stories in an obsessive way… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
I know a lot of editors who are very bitter about the directors they work with. They feel they could have done… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Look, obviously that was - created quite a firestorm, but Newsweek editors have made clear that this was a situation where, you… — Michael Isikoff Copy Share Image
Frequently, an author gets "orphaned" at a publisher. What this means is that an editor buys their book, then ends up getting… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
I've learned over time that every editor has told me when you're getting that much hate, you don't talk about it. You… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
I have always had a hard time revising my work as a journalist, which was never much of a problem. You always… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old),… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
You should never settle for what you think is just good. You should drive the editors and writers and everybody nuts until… — Fred Schepisi Copy Share Image
To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and… — David Puttnam Copy Share Image
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director… — Jane Haddam Copy Share Image
Unless you are in the willingness and ease and ecstasy of some kind of moment, you may end up the editor of… — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
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Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying,… — Tarsem Singh Copy Share Image
NPR editors and journalists found themselves caught in a game of trying to please a leadership team who did not want to… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
People think you get one idea for a cartoon every week, and that's not the way it works. You usually get 10… — Robert Mankoff 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
![“Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.” quote by Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d90/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_sometimes-i-repeat-myself-and-that-was-a_3038757.jpg)
![“I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the Sandman. It was immediately cut by the editor [Karen Berger]. She told me, "There's no masturbation in the DC Universe." To which my reaction was, "Well, that explains a lot about the DC Universe.” quote by Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57f/neil-gaiman-29_cutting_i-wanted-to-put-a-reference-to-masturbat_1145865.jpg)
![“My original book [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] was 1,700 pages. The first editor brought it down to 700; there was a lot that didn't make it in. But at last it's finished. I had a hard time signing off on it. And I was worried about it hurting anyone I loved even indirectly. I sat in…” quote by Angela Alioto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f2/angela-alioto-29373_being-judged_my-original-book-straight-to-the-heart-p_929484.jpg)
![“It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of bad social [literary] fiction which continues to be treated by literary editors as if it were somehow superior, or at least worthier of our attention. The careerist literary imperialism…” quote by Michael Moorcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f18/michael-moorcock-8974_attention_it-remains-a-mystery-to-me-why-some-of-t_131396.jpg)
