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
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
The individual writer is a lonely figure in the wilderness of agents, editors, chain bookstores, and dwindling numbers of independents. The stronger… — Charles Todd Copy Share Image
I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart.… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
Science today is locked into paradigms. Every avenue is blocked by beliefs that are wrong, and if you try to get anything… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
I do believe that the collapse of the traditional media is catastrophic for our democracy, but I wasn't about to mythologize it.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is… — Lincoln Child Copy Share Image
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
After the war in Afghanistan, Anna [Wintour, editor of Vogue], deciding to save the world one hair-roller at a time, thought the… — Myrna Blyth Copy Share Image
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Prominent and influential editors, accustomed to deal with politicians, men of an infinitely lower grade, say, in their ignorance,that he acted "on… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn't know the editor's phone number. — William Raspberry Copy Share Image
I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but… — Gary Wolf Copy Share Image
My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I'd been assured, at age 21 or so, by a well-known editor who saw the first part of The Secret History in… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The decision to work with Marvel for a while isn't any sort of denigration of DC. I had a fantastic time there,… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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