Books Quote by Karen Thompson Walker

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

— Karen Thompson Walker

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

— Bill Keller

How I became a better writer was that I kept writing.

— Sallie Tisdale

I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality. I had…

— Lynn Povich

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

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

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

— Tucker Max

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

— Lynne Truss

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

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

— Karen Thompson Walker

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

— Brian Reynolds Myers