I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
A young poet in America should not be advised at the outset to give up all for the Muse-to seclude himself in… — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
If you would be a poet, write living newspapers. Be a reporter from outer space, filing dispatches to some supreme managing editor… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
Poetry is probably the one field of writing in which it is a mistake to try to psych out editors. In fact,… — X. J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
You generally know when someone asks you to do something- am I more writing, or am I more editing? The editor is… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Dare to be a sucky skateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuff… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor. — Edna Buchanan Copy Share Image
I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism. — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater, so especially as an on-camera camera actor, there are so many things that aren't in your… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like -… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“I suppose this is a trivial matter but I do want to object to the maddening fuss-fidget punctuation which one of your… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The poems were the only thing I wrote that was not for everyone else. Then my editors at Penguin, who were also… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – which,… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the… — Will Carleton Copy Share Image
Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
