Editors Quotes

471 Editors quotes by 384 unique authors

LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it. — Ambrose Bierce
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it… — Steven Pressfield
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
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 learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines… — Jan Karon
As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper… — Tim Cahill
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
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've… — John Sayles
Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only… — David Puttnam
The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales. — Howard Stern
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 have dictated stories from an airport after writing the story out in longhand on the plane that I got from phone interviews and then… — Rick Bragg
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
To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn your craft, get… — James Dashner
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
And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The… — Dorothea Benton Frank
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
And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but,… — John Frankenheimer
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
Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class. — Dave Hickey

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