Beginning writers Quote by John Jakes

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.

— Michael Dirda

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.

— A. Scott Berg

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

— Scott Pelley

One thing I can say right off the bat is that creating great editorial is a huge challenge, and you can't help but go…

— Michael Wolf

I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a…

— Grant Morrison

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript.…

— Diane Wakoski

Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read.…

— William Zinsser

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

— T. S. Eliot

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

— Nora Roberts

It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done,…

— Danielle Dutton

Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is an arduous…

— Paul Di Filippo