Editors Quote by James Dickey Download Open image “William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.” — James Dickey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Editors Our time Time
“Have you ever heard of anybody buying a vacuum cleaner at a vacuum cleaner store?" "One of the unsolved mysteries of the universe," Packard… — Carolyn Crane Copy Share Image
Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying. — Jack Germond Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“When all is said and done, the invention of writing must be reckoned not only as a brilliant innovation but as a surpassing good… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
My whole reputation and creative thought as a novelist is really wrapped around Harry Bosch, so he's near and dear. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
“If I were going to tell one of my sons how to possess the world, I would simply bring him into my house, show… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen.… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well. — James Dickey Copy Share Image
But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world. — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
A perfect movie is a different thing, but a funny movie is easy. I was really happy that I got everyone that I got.… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
I walked all around it [the Guggenheim Bilbao] and couldn't find one clear, clean shot. To make things worse, the weather was lousy. Nothing… — Robert Polidori Copy Share Image
A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Authors of published papers and editors of scientific journals can, unfortunately, be slow to come to terms with criticism, and it's good that we… — Andrew Gelman Copy Share Image
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
51% of the French people - who are not very religious - were thinking that what "Charlie Hebdo" did was unwise. They aren't asking… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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