Copyediting Quote by Carol Fisher Saller

'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book,…

— Cynthia Kadohata

“Writing is to copyediting what swimming is to pool maintenance.”

— Gary Corby

“Though I believe it's beyond the power of any mortal to completely relieve my prose of typos.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Good first impressions…are good for business.”

— CS-Edit

I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether,…

— Sheila Heti

And then to see the whole movie, you're pretty much waiting until the end of production. And the major lifting in terms of editing…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think what holds people up in creative processes is the expectation of what it is they're doing. It's also the sense of judgement,…

— Antony Hegarty

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid…

— Juliana Hatfield

I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to…

— Hugh Grant

When I see my movies on the editing table, I do think I could have done them a certain way. The satisfaction is never…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

A perfect movie is a different thing, but a funny movie is easy. I was really happy that I got everyone that I got.…

— Matt Walsh

Whenever I finish a film, I feel that this is the worst film that I have made. This is bound to happen because while…

— Rajkumar Hirani