Copy editors Quote by Mary Norris

“almost all copywriters these days write in a conversational manner.”

— Jason Goldberg

“For the writer who truly loves language, a trip to the copy editor is like a week at a spa. You come out looking…

— Betsy Lerner

“When reading I pretend I’m an editor, though when writing I realize I’m not.”

— Fierce Dolan

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

— Theodore White

“Everytime you make a copy of the copy, you lose clarity.”

— Alan E. Nelson

“Be who you are,nobody likes to be copied!”

— Morgan Musseau

“The best way to be original is to not copy anyone.”

— Sebastyne Young

“Writers who don’t produce copy—or leave it so long that they couldn’t possibly produce something good—are giving themselves the perfect excuse for not succeeding.”

— Megan McArdle

“Write what is important to you, regardless of fashion or marketability or anything like that – all those things are so far out of…

— Celine Kiernan

“It's okay to write crap. Just don't try publishing it while it's still crap.”

— S.M. Blooding

“Copying is out of the question; only fools and impostors copy. No, the thing is to produce something as good, if possible, out of…

— Julien Green

“(You wouldn’t be reading this book if I hadn’t convinced my publisher that I was enough of a pseudo-extrovert to promote it.)”

— Susan Cain