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title: "6 Think Editors Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/one-should-fight-like-the-devil-the-temptation-to-think-well-of/)

[John Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/)

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> [I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-joy/i-think-editors-have-to-come-out-of-a-certain-kind-of-community/)

[Bill Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-joy/)

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> [I think screenwriters, I think editors in the cutting room - they have a lot of responsibility that we don't think about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-condor/i-think-screenwriters-i-think-editors-in-the-cutting-room-they-have-a/)

[Lana Condor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-condor/)

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> [I think editors are excellent marketers. They know their audience and produce copy to appeal to them - they just don't call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-robinson/i-think-editors-are-excellent-marketers-they-know-their-audience-and/)

[David Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-robinson/)

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> [America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/america-is-full-of-readers-of-all-different-sorts-who-love-books-in/)

[A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/)

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> [I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-really-think-that-if-there-s-any-one-enemy-to-human-creativity-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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