Editors Quote by Lorin Stein

I have always had a hard time revising my work as a journalist, which was never much of a problem. You always have editors…

— Jon Weisman

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

— Irwin Shaw

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

— Teresa Nielsen Hayden

What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change.…

— Pat Conroy

When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in…

— Salman Rushdie

The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

— John Jakes

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

— Steven Moffat

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

— George Singleton

Editors always want to know what you're working on, what you're thinking about.

— Mary Downing Hahn