Editors Quote by Jay Carr

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

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

“Editors are the literary surgeons of the world.”

— Suzanne Steele

One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.

— John Berryman

“The man who is angry and bears hatred, who is wicked and hypocritical, who has embraced wrong views, who is deceitful, let one know…

— V. Fausbøll

One must be ruthless with ones own writing or someone else will be.

— John Berryman

But, in the end, we editors just pass through. We all know that you, the readers, are the real carriers of the flame.

— Alan Rusbridger

An editor is someone dedicated to destroying the work of a creator.

— Wally Wood

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

— Ariel Levy

When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire…

— Betsy Lerner

To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at…

— Leon Uris

The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and everybody. The…

— William Saroyan