Time Quote by Alex Beam

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.

— Donald Davis

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

— Nora Roberts

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

— Anonymous

An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.

— Robert Gottlieb

An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.

— Sam Rockwell

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

— Robert Christgau

“All of us who write need a good editor.”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

— Lisa Scottoline

“An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story; but is not a finished product. Too many writers study the craft of writing but…

— Michael J. Kannengieser

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

— T. S. Eliot

“You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing there waiting…

— William Saroyan