Ask Quote by Alison Tyler

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

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

— Allison Joseph

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

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

— Zadie Smith

“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping that piece…

— Monika Pardon

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

— Christian Marclay

I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too wet' or…

— Toni Morrison

I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen…

— Glen Hansard

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I…

— Ira Glass

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

I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves,…

— Sarah Dessen

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

— Sarah Vowell