Editors Quote by Jon Weisman

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.

— Neil Drumming

You can go back and try to generalize, but then you end up saying things that all editors say about everything that ever gets…

— Lorin Stein

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It gave me…

— Michael Connelly

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

Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting…

— Roger Ailes

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I think journalist is a great profession. It's complicated now. People talk about the demise of investigative reporting.Newspapers play an amazing role in our…

— Seymour Hersh

I think I'm a reporter's editor. Being a good reporter is a specific skill, one I admire and don't possess myself - I appreciate…

— Hanya Yanagihara

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content…

— Mark Twain

I've learned I can't really affect or control what journalists write, so I just try my best to be transparent and answer the questions…

— Michelle Wu

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

— Karen Thompson Walker

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

— Laurence Shames