Accepted Quote by Lidija Dimkovska

Much of an editor's job is in fact pretty nanny-like in nature: in many ways, you're there to protect and defend, to reassure and…

— Hanya Yanagihara

Fundamentally a good author has his or her own sense of style. There is a natural, deep voice, and that voice is present from…

— Kenzaburo Oe

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

I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a…

— Grant Morrison

I'm an indulgent writer - I'm not sure, however, that's something I'm interested in changing. Writing should be indulgent: you should take big risks…

— Hanya Yanagihara

The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.

— Thorstein Veblen

As in the case of many of the stories that I've written I'm not trying to editorialize. I don't want there to be a…

— Benjamin Percy

When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

— Nora Roberts

After I work with my editor to get the manuscript in good shape, I sketch and lay out a whole book loosely, usually in…

— Adam Rex

I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give the writer…

— Kevin Sampsell

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story,…

— Dean Koontz