Claims Quote by Lynn Abbey

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I…

— Ira Glass

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

In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors…

— Michael Korda

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

— Nora Roberts

I depend on good editors and a good director.

— Indira Varma

I really only became an editor, or started doing my own editing because I was filming the docs and you simply can't keep an…

— John Hyams

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

— Allison Joseph

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

— Kinky Friedman

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

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

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with.…

— Len Wein