Bits Quote by Judith Thurman

Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

— Sydney Pollack

A good deal of editing a manuscript looks like mechanical work, as if anyone with time on their hands and a magnifying glass could…

— Oliver Harris

The first thing that editor does is they take out a red pen, or nowadays you go online, and they start striking things. Basically…

— Keith Rabois

“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

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

“One great difference between good writing, that readers overlook, and bad writing, that they fail to notice, has to do with the number of…

— Ira Levin

I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last draft of…

— Quentin Tarantino

An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.

— Sam Rockwell

“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

With a good editor you find yourself shaping as you talk and they will ask a couple of questions that open new things. Some…

— Ron Rosenbaum

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to…

— Robert Gottlieb