Art Quote by K Lee Lerner

“Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.”

— Sara Sheridan

“All of us who write need a good editor.”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

“An editor is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one then you are better off alone.”

— Toni Morrison

“The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.”

— Karl Kraus

“A professional writer is an amateur who never gave up.”

— Richard Bach

“Editors are the literary surgeons of the world.”

— Suzanne Steele

“Good editors are priceless.”

— Buffy Andrews

“We journalists love writing about eccentrics. We hate writing about impenetrable, boring people. It makes us look bad: the duller the interviewee, the duller…

— Jon Ronson

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman

“An editor is someone who is paid to tell a writer what she thinks about how he wrote what he thinks about.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used…

— E. Nesbit

“Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.”

— Sara Sheridan