--- title: "32 Good Editor Quotes by 31 authors" description: "Browse 32 Good Editor quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Good Editor sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/wolf-blitzer-22385_editors_i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor_1506448.jpg" --- > [I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolf-blitzer/i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor/) [Wolf Blitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolf-blitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/wolf-blitzer-22385_editors_i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor_1506448.jpg) > [“All of us who write need a good editor. - Sharon Langevin Crawford”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-langevin-crawford/all-of-us-who-write-need-a-good-editor-sharon-langevin-crawford/) [Sharon Langevin Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-langevin-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/sharon-langevin-crawford-91294_writing_all-of-us-who-write-need-a-good-editor-s_359818.jpg) > [the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-fforde/the-real-world-was-a-sprawling-mess-of-a-book-in-need-of-a-good-editor/) [Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-fforde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/jasper-fforde-797_book_the-real-world-was-a-sprawling-mess-of-a_1695020.png) > [The smartest thing a filmmaker can do is to become a good editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/the-smartest-thing-a-filmmaker-can-do-is-to-become-a-good-editor/) [Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/jay-chandrasekhar-5190_become_the-smartest-thing-a-filmmaker-can-do-is_385028.jpg) > [Vision is an important part of being a good editor, but so is teamwork and grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-jeffery/vision-is-an-important-part-of-being-a-good-editor-but-so-is-teamwork/) [Clara Jeffery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-jeffery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/clara-jeffery-40666_dreams_vision-is-an-important-part-of-being-a-g_3175036.jpg) > [If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/if-you-are-a-good-editor-your-relationship-with-every-writer-is/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/robert-gottlieb-2761_different_if-you-are-a-good-editor-your-relationsh_2804459.png) > [“All of us who write need a good editor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-langevin-crawford/all-of-us-who-write-need-a-good-editor/) [Sharon Langevin Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-langevin-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/sharon-langevin-crawford-91294_editor_all-of-us-who-write-need-a-good-editor-2_2745680.jpg) > [“A good editor doesn't rewrite words, she rewires synapses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-kelley-harrell/a-good-editor-doesn-t-rewrite-words-she-rewires-synapses/) [S. Kelley Harrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-kelley-harrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/s-kelley-harrell-9278_editing_a-good-editor-doesn-t-rewrite-words-she_1571706.jpg) > [An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/an-editor-who-is-a-mentor-advisor-and-psychiatrist-don-t-kid-yourself/) [Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/guy-kawasaki-1292_advisors_an-editor-who-is-a-mentor-advisor-and-ps_1916327.png) > [Once your acting job is over, you just hope they have a good editor and they put together a good film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-madsen/once-your-acting-job-is-over-you-just-hope-they-have-a-good-editor/) [Virginia Madsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-madsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/virginia-madsen-15844_acting_once-your-acting-job-is-over-you-just-ho_1814684.png) > [Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-max/most-of-my-success-i-feel-comes-from-being-a-good-editor-as-opposed/) [Tucker Max](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-max/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/tucker-max-2064_editor_most-of-my-success-i-feel-comes-from-bei_2106009.png) > [A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irwin-shaw/a-good-editor-understands-what-you-re-talking-and-writing-about-and/) [Irwin Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irwin-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/irwin-shaw-11005_editor_a-good-editor-understands-what-you-re-ta_601569.jpg) > [Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-scottoline/truth-is-every-writer-has-to-be-a-good-editor-and-you-have-to-edit/) [Lisa Scottoline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-scottoline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/lisa-scottoline-7100_acquire_truth-is-every-writer-has-to-be-a-good-e_677120.jpg) > [“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobbi-romans/a-good-editor-is-like-tinsel-to-a-christmas-tree-they-add-the-perfect/) [Bobbi Romans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobbi-romans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/bobbi-romans-102357_authors_a-good-editor-is-like-tinsel-to-a-christ_1804418.jpg) > [Eisenstein was a good editor. I was trained as a film editor, and I've no doubt that the editor is key to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-greenaway/eisenstein-was-a-good-editor-i-was-trained-as-a-film-editor-and-i-ve/) [Peter Greenaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-greenaway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/peter-greenaway-2444_cinema_eisenstein-was-a-good-editor-i-was-train_1503796.png) > [“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-firming-up-the-body-making-the/) [Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/sandi-layne-53343_editing-humor_a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-fi_2860437.jpg) > [I've rewritten a lot of the scripts I've done. 'Little Shop Of Horrors' was a complete rewrite, but I didn't touch the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-oz/i-ve-rewritten-a-lot-of-the-scripts-i-ve-done-little-shop-of-horrors/) [Frank Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/frank-oz-13874_communication_i-ve-rewritten-a-lot-of-the-scripts-i-ve_1861438.jpg) > [Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-doyle/ulysses-could-have-done-with-a-good-editor-you-know-people-are-always/) [Roddy Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/roddy-doyle-10269_always_ulysses-could-have-done-with-a-good-edit_270566.jpg) > [Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/praise-or-damn-as-you-please-but-do-so-rather-flatly-pragmatically/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/kurt-vonnegut-41_annoying_praise-or-damn-as-you-please-but-do-so-r_1006232.jpg) > [It was trying to make my tennis game look mildly respectable, which I found you don't even really need to practice if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/it-was-trying-to-make-my-tennis-game-look-mildly-respectable-which-i/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/paul-reiser-7549_camps_it-was-trying-to-make-my-tennis-game-loo_762086.jpg) > [You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-need-a-good-editor-because-every-writer-thinks-he-can-write-a-war/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/samuel-johnson-50_book_you-need-a-good-editor-because-every-wri_2127913.png) > [With a good editor you find yourself shaping as you talk and they will ask a couple of questions that open new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rosenbaum/with-a-good-editor-you-find-yourself-shaping-as-you-talk-and-they/) [Ron Rosenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rosenbaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/ron-rosenbaum-46416_couple_with-a-good-editor-you-find-yourself-sha_1927552.jpg) > [What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-waid/what-makes-a-good-editor-is-staying-the-hell-out-of-the-way-as-much/) [Mark Waid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-waid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/mark-waid-3704_creative_what-makes-a-good-editor-is-staying-the_2268249.jpg) > [I think a lot of people have the idea of an editor being someone who comes in like a dictator, and says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/i-think-a-lot-of-people-have-the-idea-of-an-editor-being-someone-who/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/cheryl-strayed-605_dictator_i-think-a-lot-of-people-have-the-idea-of_2954341.jpg) > [I have a great editor and I enjoy, in a masochistic way, being ruthless about my own performance. How do I know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-fiennes/i-have-a-great-editor-and-i-enjoy-in-a-masochistic-way-being-ruthless/) [Ralph Fiennes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-fiennes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/ralph-fiennes-7066_cases_i-have-a-great-editor-and-i-enjoy-in-a-m_1668059.jpg) > [A good editor is one of the sharpest tools a writer can have in her toolbox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/a-good-editor-is-one-of-the-sharpest-tools-a-writer-can-have-in-her/) [Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/karin-slaughter-1463_editor_a-good-editor-is-one-of-the-sharpest-too_1475954.png) > [If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I'm happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-k-vaughan/if-a-good-editor-will-let-me-tell-my-story-with-the-right-artist-i-m/) [Brian K. Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-k-vaughan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/brian-k-vaughan-2421_art_if-a-good-editor-will-let-me-tell-my-sto_1127259.png) > [“It's very difficult to train a good editor," the author said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-edward-simone/it-s-very-difficult-to-train-a-good-editor-the-author-said/) [Val Edward Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-edward-simone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/val-edward-simone-12639_books_it-s-very-difficult-to-train-a-good-edit_306773.jpg) > [A very good editor is almost a collaborator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/a-very-good-editor-is-almost-a-collaborator/) [Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/ken-follett-941_collaborator_a-very-good-editor-is-almost-a-collabora_3158362.jpg) > [“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-alcala/a-good-editor-can-make-a-respectable-writer-remarkable-just-like-a/) [Justin Alcala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-alcala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/justin-alcala-50053_children_a-good-editor-can-make-a-respectable-wri_1382683.jpg) > [To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-thompson-walker/to-be-a-good-editor-or-a-good-writer-i-think-you-really-need-to-be-a/) [Karen Thompson Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-thompson-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/karen-thompson-walker-3430_books_to-be-a-good-editor-or-a-good-writer-i-t_1662881.png) > [The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-darden/the-main-thing-is-that-you-have-a-good-editor-one-that-believes-in/) [Christopher Darden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-darden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/christopher-darden-19806_believe_the-main-thing-is-that-you-have-a-good-e_107357.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-editor/#itemlist", "name": "Good Editor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wolf Blitzer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolf-blitzer/i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/wolf-blitzer-22385_editors_i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor_1506448.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/wolf-blitzer-22385_editors_i-tend-to-overwrite-i-need-a-good-editor_1506448.jpg", "url": 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