Books Quote by Claire Tomalin

Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing.

— Karen Thompson Walker

It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a writer, you…

— Sophie Dahl

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

— Maria Semple

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

— Kinky Friedman

To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.

— Karen Thompson Walker

I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer.

— Neel Mukherjee

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

“Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners have it…

— Michael Korda

“Editors are the literary surgeons of the world.”

— Suzanne Steele

Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.

— Leonard Bishop

I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

— Maria Semple

“The beauty of being a bookseller is that you don't have to be a literary critic: all you have to do to books is…

— Christopher Morley