Editor Quotes

317 quotes by 268 authors

What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC or Marvel or… — Mark Waid
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumÃ©. Be professional. Make sure your editor or… — Mark Waid
There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances - these are called 'hacks.' Your job isn't to make life… — Gail Simone
[A comic book writers' union] will never happen. Someone will always be willing to write Batman for free. ... You sit at a bar with… — Matt Fraction
Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your… — Gail Simone
With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you. — Donald Davis
Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication.... Good editors are not 'permissive'; they… — Peter Drucker
A good novel editor is invisible. — Terri Windling
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as… — Chuck Klosterman
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing… — Chuck Klosterman
I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman -… — Michael Chabon
It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. — George Plimpton
SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor. — Ambrose Bierce
That is an editor. He is trying to think of a word. He props his feet on a chair, which is the editor's way; then… — Mark Twain
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it out with that.… — Mark Twain
This editor is a critic. He has pulled out his carving-knife and his tomahawk and is starting after a book which he is going to… — Mark Twain
That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that… — Mark Twain
I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me… — Mark Twain
In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with… — Mark Twain
I'd like to drill in a little more detail into one aspect of cutting which is particularly close to me and that's dialogue editing. It… — Lee Unkrich

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