People Quote by Ed Helms

As an editor, you're constantly dealing with the best way to convey an exchange between two people. So when I'm shooting that, I'm just…

— Ed Helms

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots.

— Rajkumar Hirani

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

— Irwin Shaw

I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to…

— Patricia MacLachlan

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

— Nora Roberts

The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.

— Thorstein Veblen

You generally know when someone asks you to do something- am I more writing, or am I more editing? The editor is the best…

— Keith Rabois

“A real editor isn't just someone you work with; he's your guide.”

— Ariel Levy

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

— Jackie Kennedy

I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes.

— William H. Gass

“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”

— Sandi Layne