Dog Quote by Fran Lebowitz

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

— Lisa Scottoline

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

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

— Nora Roberts

There are not that many people who know how to edit. It's a funny tiny little obscure talent but it's very special. You have…

— Helen Gurley Brown

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

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

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to…

— Robert Gottlieb

In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors…

— Michael Korda

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

— Linda Sue Park