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• You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets… — Samuel Johnson
• A very good editor is almost a collaborator. — Ken Follett
• I got a fortune cookie that said, "To remember is to understand." I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what… — Anna Quindlen
• Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has… — Lisa Scottoline
• If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different. — Robert Gottlieb
• Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself.… — Kurt Vonnegut
• What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC… — Mark Waid
• An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better. — Guy Kawasaki
• The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the… — Christopher Darden
• I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor. — Wolf Blitzer
• A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw
• Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. — Tucker Max

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