Editing Quote by Alice Munro

The one thing I have learned about editing over the years is that you have to edit and publish out of your own tastes,…

— Norman Cousins

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in it. But I'd always…

— Kevin Sessums

Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

— Alison Tyler

It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk…

— Michael Chabon

One of the nice things about 'The New Yorker' is they let you write stories that sometimes end up almost half a book.

— David Grann

At first, writing for The New Yorker was very scary to me. I couldn't imagine anything that I would write in that typeface.

— David Sedaris

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

— Theodore White

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

— Keren Ann

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

— Sarah Vowell

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.

— Zadie Smith

Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.

— David Sedaris