Editor Quote by Kinky Friedman

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

— Robert Christgau

[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will…

— Liz Tuccillo

Loving you is a full-time job. It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's the best job in the universe. But it's not…

— Carrie Jones

I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.

— Vince Flynn

An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.

— Robert Gottlieb

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

— Anonymous

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.

— A. Scott Berg

I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to…

— Diana Vreeland

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

— Jane Haddam

The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This…

— Alice Sebold

The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the feedback that…

— Christopher Darden

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

— Karen Thompson Walker