PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.” — Bobbi Romans Copy Share Image
I used to give her [my wife] to read the column every week before I sent it to the editors. And sometimes… — Sayed Kashua Copy Share Image
Great pressure was put on the editor, David Schneiderman, to not run the strip [of Jules Feiffer]. It was offensive. It was… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All… — John Kricfalusi Copy Share Image
Once your acting job is over, you just hope they have a good editor and they put together a good film. — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter.' He didn't think of himself as a writer. He… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
I unlearned the model of being an editor like Ezra Pound with T.S. Eliot, the unconscious belief that America was the center… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approach a subject… — Alex Webb Copy Share Image
I have a wonderful editor who believes in fiction and poetry. She herself is a novelist and poet. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I got married three days after graduation, and the first thing I did what I was expected to do which was to… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love. — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
[Walter Burns is] the archetypal managing editor-ruthless, self-righteous, manipulative, downright maniacal if it means an exclusive, especially one that it can congratulate… — Jay Carr Copy Share Image
What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers. — Charlotte Cotton Copy Share Image
My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic… — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
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