Books Quote by Karen Thompson Walker

Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing.

— Karen Thompson Walker

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition…

— Joseph Kanon

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

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

— Nora Roberts

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

— Anonymous

I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to…

— Patricia MacLachlan

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

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

— Stephen Ambrose

To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.

— Karen Thompson Walker

Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.

— Bill Keller

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

— Tucker Max

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

— Steven Pressfield