Editors Quotes

471 Editors quotes by 384 unique authors

Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be… — Kurt Vonnegut
"I think we'll have a good potato crop this year," a newspaper editor told his housekeeper one morning. "No such thing," asserted the housekeeper. "I… — James Keller
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
So I became a publisher by mistake - well, not quite by mistake, because I wanted to be an editor but I had to make… — Richard Branson
There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors. — Kurt Vonnegut
In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your… — Michelle Malkin
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you… — J. R. Moehringer
General editors' preface The growth of translation studies as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1980s. The subject has developed in many… — Lawrence Venuti
It's no surprise that the droll and (seemingly) all-knowing wizard behind the Chicago Style Q&A puts it all together-entertainingly-for manuscript editors in this real-world guide… — Arthur Plotnik
When new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. We must study the reasons for failure and learn.… — Jean Giraud
What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC or Marvel or… — Mark Waid
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure your editor or… — Mark Waid
There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances - these are called 'hacks.' Your job isn't to make life… — Gail Simone
The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so they… — Mark Waid
[A comic book writers' union] will never happen. Someone will always be willing to write Batman for free. ... You sit at a bar with… — Matt Fraction
Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your… — Gail Simone
With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you. — Donald Davis
Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication.... Good editors are not 'permissive'; they… — Peter Drucker
Art, it seems to me, should simplify finding what conventions of form and what detail one can do without and yet preserve the spirit of… — Willa Cather
Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it!… — Henry David Thoreau
Anyone who can not write should. — Harlan Ellison
A good novel editor is invisible. — Terri Windling
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as… — Chuck Klosterman
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing… — Chuck Klosterman
I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman -… — Michael Chabon

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