Black Quote by Charles Krauthammer

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

— Diana Athill

You would do better, at least no worse, to obliterate texts than to blacken margins, to fill in the holes of words till all…

— Samuel Beckett

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

— Dick Cavett

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

As a writer, I never want to have an author's message. I really want to present a situation with it in as multifaceted a…

— Stephen Schwartz

Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

— Alison Tyler

“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe it--make it…

— A.A. Patawaran

It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done,…

— Danielle Dutton

I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too wet' or…

— Toni Morrison

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

— Lois Lowry

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

— Victor Hugo

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use…

— Ernest Hemingway