Editors Quote by Buffy Andrews

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

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

“Editors are the literary surgeons of the world.”

— Suzanne Steele

“Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used…

— E. Nesbit

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.”

— Bobbi Romans

“It's very difficult to train a good editor," the author said.”

— Val Edward Simone

“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”

— Sandi Layne

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the…

— John Gardner

“A real editor isn't just someone you work with; he's your guide.”

— Ariel Levy

“Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners have it…

— Michael Korda

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

“An editor is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one then you are better off alone.”

— Toni Morrison