Editor Quotes

317 quotes by 268 authors

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines. — Jane Haddam
After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor. — Lynne Truss
When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary… — Mort Walker
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. — Bill Joy
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out. — David Chase
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out… — Elinor Lipman
Movies are an editor's medium. — Stephen Root
I had a great editor, Rebecca Corbett, from the time I was a city reporter right through to the years I worked on the 'Sun's'… — David Simon
I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on… — Andrew Tobias
I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build. — Jeff VanderMeer
I wrote a query letter to an editor - a friend of a friend. The editor called me an idiot, told me never to contact… — Daniel H. Wilson
We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the words… — Garrison Keillor
I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always… — Zoe Lister-Jones
I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that, from picking the… — Holly Madison
Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about… — Cecily von Ziegesar
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I… — Cecily von Ziegesar
The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books… — Fran Tarkenton
LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it. — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle... Perhaps an editor… — Thomas Jefferson
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing… — Sarah Dessen

Who Wrote These Editor Quotes

268 authors contributed a total of 317 Editor Quotes, led by these top contributors: