Editing Quote by John A. Ashley

“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping that piece…

— Monika Pardon

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

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.

— Zadie Smith

Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.

— Quincy Jones

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

“Editing is a kind of creative activity where, in a perfect world, an author and an editor find that elusive oneness to understand each…

— Sahara Sanders

“A curse of being a writer is the compulsion to edit. Take the sign on my walking trail, for example. It reads, 'Watered by…

— Ron Brackin

“Editing is the very edge of your knowledge forced to grow--a test you can't cheat on.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse. It's like…

— Fran Lebowitz

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

— Alison Tyler

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

— Allison Joseph