Editor Quotes

317 quotes by 268 authors

I'm totally against the idea of a celebrity editor. — David Zinczenko
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of… — Ambrose Bierce
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil. — Jean de La Fontaine
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? — Thomas Carlyle
When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our… — Jonathan Carroll
I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour,… — David Sedaris
The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. And the joy of writing, when you're writing from your subconscious, is… — Steve Martin
Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a… — Frank Rich
The red library is Sui's tribute to fashion maven Diana Vreeland, who served as editor for Harper's Bazaar (1939-1962) and Vogue (1963-1961). My most precious… — Anna Sui
Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung. — Josephus Daniels
Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the… — Robert E. Howard
As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and… — Karen Thompson Walker
I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to… — Karen Thompson Walker
Itâ€™s true: Medium has the best web-based editor Iâ€™ve ever seen. And Iâ€™ve seen them all. — Anil Dash
I still feel needles in my back when I think about all the horrible disasters that would have befallen me if I had permanently moved… — Hunter S. Thompson
World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how many other just… — Kurt Vonnegut
I use minimal software to make my music - a wav editor and a calculator for my beats to make sure everything falls on mathematical… — Girl Talk
When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after you have directed,… — Dolph Lundgren
[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books,… — Jenna Bush
I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that… — Ron Fournier

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