Desire Quote by Anonymous

An editor is someone dedicated to destroying the work of a creator.

— Wally Wood

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

— Nora Roberts

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

— Robert Christgau

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

— Stephen Ambrose

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition…

— Joseph Kanon

“An editor is someone who is paid to tell a writer what she thinks about how he wrote what he thinks about.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

— Karen Thompson Walker

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.

— A. Scott Berg

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

— Sam Rockwell

Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a…

— Robert Gottlieb