Life Quote by Beverly Montgomery

“The Essence Woman is a striver, who in 1970 was now educated, worked in new careers, had discretionary income, had the ability to influence,…

— Edward Lewis

'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.

— Ron Cephas Jones

“It's just that some of the people I've met through her, the athletes, the influencers and writers? They all have this same self-righteousness, like…

— Angela Flournoy

“I have always been very clear that I sold Essence to Time Warner with the expectation that the magazine would continue to exercise its…

— Edward Lewis

There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.

— Carine Roitfeld

Let me just say that every cover of every magazine I've done has been airbrushed to death. No woman should walk around thinking that's…

— Teri Hatcher

“All of us who write need a good editor. - Sharon Langevin Crawford”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

And if you are somebody who needs to get a pat on the back for everything that you do, editorial is not for you.

— Maryann Brandon

To reiterate a point I've made several times: I don't view Taylor as a detriment to society as many conservatives do. She is a…

— Brett Cooper

A person has to keep something to herself or your life is just a layout in a magazine.

— Grace Kelly

All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.

— William Whitworth

You can't be critical of Dana White.

— John Layfield