Civilized Quote by H. L. Mencken

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the…

— John Gardner

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of…

— Walter Jon Williams

I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from…

— David Hasselhoff

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

— Betsy Lerner

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.

— William Zinsser

Editors have grown timid... a brave advance is almost inevitably followed by quick back-tracking, generally by dilution and debasement of the original intention.

— Muriel Rukeyser

People think in narratives - in beginnings, middles and ends. The danger when you edit something too severely is that it no longer makes…

— Errol Morris

Such is the impurity of our enterprise, as writers or as critics, that even in the act of proclaiming our freedom from the demands…

— Amitava Kumar

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.

— Scott Pelley

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

— Bill Joy

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

— Irwin Shaw