Editor Quotes

317 quotes by 268 authors

I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played around with the… — Elizabeth Sims
I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor. — Edna Buchanan
I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me… — Judy Blume
I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor. — Wolf Blitzer
I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual. — Ricky Jay
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough… — Ted Dekker
Film is an editor's medium. You can create very good raw material and they can make it horrible, or you can do not so well… — Willem Dafoe
Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let an editor even… — Charles Frazier
I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale… — Peter Ackroyd
I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house. — Vince Flynn
The fashion editor as it used to be has changed. Now you have to wear many hats, and whoever tells you differently is wrong. Now… — Nina Garcia
I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and… — Rachel Kushner
As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on… — Kathryn Minshew
One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should… — John Kricfalusi
Dare to be a sucky skateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuff weâ€™re good at,… — Justin Bieber
There is a phase in the life of every copy editor when she is obsessed with hyphens. — Mary Norris
I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's… — D. B. Sweeney
Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying, 'Do you what… — Tarsem Singh
I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn… — Buzz Bissinger
You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that… — Black Francis

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