---
title: "6 Wanted Editor Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Wanted Editor quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Wanted Editor sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg"
---

> [ My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the \[Vietnam\] War. And so I wanted to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-student-magazine-to-try-to/)

[Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg)

> [I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-wanted-to-be-a-boss-i-just/)

[Frank Deford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-deford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/frank-deford-3856_boss_i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-w_86556.png)

> [When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-postrel/when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-editor-of-reason-when-i-grew-up/)

[Virginia Postrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-postrel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/virginia-postrel-2867_ambition_when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-edi_270348.jpg)

> [There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wanted-to-be-an-editor/)

[David Grann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/david-grann-2569_always_there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wante_445419.jpg)

> [I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-new-statesman-but-i-never/)

[Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/paul-johnson-4585_boy_i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-n_1460847.png)

> [I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leandra-medine/i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-editor-i-mean-unedited-or/)

[Leandra Medine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leandra-medine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/leandra-medine-5184_editor_i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-edit_2341508.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/#itemlist",
            "name": "Wanted Editor Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 6,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the [Vietnam] War. And so I wanted to be an editor. I wanted to bring the magazine out. And in order for the magazine to survive I had to worry about the printing and the paper manufacturing and the distribution. And, you know, I had to try to, at the end of the year, have more money coming in than going out.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Branson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-student-magazine-to-try-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the [Vietnam] War. And so I…” — Richard Branson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any difference whether it was fiction or nonfiction or short stories or whatever. I just - that's what I was destined to do.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Frank Deford"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-wanted-to-be-a-boss-i-just/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/frank-deford-3856_boss_i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-w_86556.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/frank-deford-3856_boss_i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-w_86556.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/frank-deford-3856_boss_i-never-wanted-to-be-an-editor-i-never-w_86556.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any…” — Frank Deford",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition, especially since the magazine was located in Santa Barbara, way off any journalist's normal career path.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Virginia Postrel"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-postrel/when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-editor-of-reason-when-i-grew-up/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/virginia-postrel-2867_ambition_when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-edi_270348.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/virginia-postrel-2867_ambition_when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-edi_270348.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/virginia-postrel-2867_ambition_when-i-was-in-college-i-wanted-to-be-edi_270348.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition…” — Virginia Postrel",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Grann"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wanted-to-be-an-editor/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/david-grann-2569_always_there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wante_445419.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/david-grann-2569_always_there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wante_445419.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/david-grann-2569_always_there-was-a-part-of-me-that-always-wante_445419.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.” — David Grann",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Paul Johnson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-new-statesman-but-i-never/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/paul-johnson-4585_boy_i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-n_1460847.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/paul-johnson-4585_boy_i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-n_1460847.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/paul-johnson-4585_boy_i-very-much-wanted-to-be-editor-of-the-n_1460847.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except…” — Paul Johnson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Leandra Medine"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leandra-medine/i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-editor-i-mean-unedited-or/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/leandra-medine-5184_editor_i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-edit_2341508.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/leandra-medine-5184_editor_i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-edit_2341508.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/leandra-medine-5184_editor_i-wanted-to-be-my-own-editor-and-by-edit_2341508.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or.” — Leandra Medine",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/",
            "name": "Wanted Editor Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 6 Wanted Editor quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Wanted Editor sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Wanted Editor Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-editor/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```