Editors Quotes

471 Editors quotes by 384 unique authors

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor. — Lynne Truss
There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful. — Theodore White
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
None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than… — James Nachtwey
If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership… — Pat Oliphant
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. — Steven Pressfield
So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that… — Daniel Pipes
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 guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to… — Fred Saberhagen
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
There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so… — Julie Walters
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the… — Walter Jon Williams
Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can. — Walter Jon Williams
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

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