Editor Quotes

317 quotes by 271 authors

When I was editor of the Erotic Review I fielded endless phone calls from elderly readers who thought I might like to pop round in… — Rowan Pelling
The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to… — Mark Twain
The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a… — Terri Windling
While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven… — Jerry B. Jenkins
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru" - but really… — Shimon Peres
Amazingly, 85 percent of prescribed standard medical treatments across the board lack scientific validation, according to the New York Times. Richard Smith, editor of the… — Kenny Ausubel
An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better. — Guy Kawasaki
On the analogy of 'Dictionary Johnson,' we call Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the just-published Yale Book of Quotations (well worth the $50 price), 'Quotationeer… — William Safire
The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the feedback that you… — Christopher Darden
I am thrilled to become International Vogue Editor at CondÃ© Nast International, which has a real commitment to journalistic excellence, and to have the opportunity… — Suzy Menkes
Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with… — Joseph Kanon
About a year after (my stories began being published), magazine editor George Scithers, suggested to me that since I was so new at being published,… — Barry B. Longyear
I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of… — Garrison Keillor
The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it. When we ask… — Henry David Thoreau
You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as a… — Jo Nesbo
While I was still going to embrace social media, I knew I had to do things that nobody else was doing. I decided I had… — Mark Edward
My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic link was not… — Anne M. Mulcahy
One reads the papers as one wants to with a bandage over one's eyes without trying to understand the facts, listening to the soothing words… — Marcel Proust
I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer. — Colleen McCullough
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to… — Jane Haddam

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