Editors Quotes

471 Editors quotes by 384 unique authors

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. — Steve Martin
It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians… — Marcia Angell
On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in… — Jay Roach
Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers. — John Farrar
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days. — Bill Joy
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community. — Bill Joy
In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other efforts to control… — Unknown Author
I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun… — Jack Prelutsky
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world. — Betsy Lerner
Any magazine editor will tell you, Colin Farrell still sells better than Colin Powell, — William Bastone
I believe the more knowledgeable you are as a horse owner, the better leader you are and the more you’ll enjoy your partnership with your… — Clinton Anderson
Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire. — Lisa Scottoline
If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different. — Robert Gottlieb
An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded. — Robert Gottlieb
Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! — Joyce Carol Oates
In college, I was an editor on the student daily... To the extent that I noticed the existence of crew at all, I saw only… — Barry S. Strauss
It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure… — Louise Brown
I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already… — Anita Diament
If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become convinced… — Brenda Ueland
I think every writer should have tattooed backwards on his forehead, like ambulance on ambulances, the words 'everybody needs an editor. — Michael Crichton
My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor might… — David LaChapelle
Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing.… — Tim Cahill
An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Writers take words seriously-perha ps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless… — John Updike

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