Cases Quote by James Thurber

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

I've never written anything that wasn't somewhat of a collaboration. I don't know how people do it on their own.

— Charlie Day

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

— Joseph Kanon

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

— Allison Joseph

I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the…

— Amy Lee

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're writing primarily for one person besides yourself, I'd advise you pay very close attention to that person's opinion (I know one fellow…

— Stephen King

“A worthy editor has one primary directive: to make the creative people look good. To do this, he must sometimes demand further work. He…

— Dennis O'Neil

I'm not proselytizing my method. I don't believe that one writer should tell other writers how to write.

— John Irving

I just have to come clean and admit I am an extremely, painfully slow writer. I have this unfortunate - or fortunate, I'm not…

— Nami Mun

There is a lot to be said for collaboration, and it should be seen as just another way to do things as it is…

— James Patterson

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

— Anonymous