--- title: "1 Editors Come Quotes By William Campbell Gault" description: "1 Editors Come quotes by William Campbell Gault. Plus more from William Campbell Gault and more Editors Come sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/william-campbell-gault-80195_investing_remember-this-if-you-have-written-a-coup_1964245.jpg" --- > [“Remember this, if you have written a couple dozen short stories and sold them to national markets, the chances are you know as much about the business as many of the editors you are trying to sell to. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-campbell-gault/remember-this-if-you-have-written-a-couple-dozen-short-stories-and/) William Campbell Gault [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/william-campbell-gault-80195_investing_remember-this-if-you-have-written-a-coup_1964245.jpg) ## More by William Campbell Gault > [If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-campbell-gault/if-you-haven-t-got-an-idea-start-a-story-anyway-you-can-always-throw/) William Campbell Gault > [If you haven't got an idea, write a story anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-campbell-gault/if-you-haven-t-got-an-idea-write-a-story-anyway/) William Campbell Gault > [“Remember this, if you have written a couple dozen short stories and sold them to national markets, the chances are you know as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-campbell-gault/remember-this-if-you-have-written-a-couple-dozen-short-stories-and/) William Campbell Gault ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/editors-come/william-campbell-gault/#itemlist", "name": "1 Editors Come Quotes By William Campbell Gault", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Remember this, if you have written a couple dozen short stories and sold them to national markets, the chances are you know as much about the business as many of the editors you are trying to sell to. 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