Ambulance Quote by Michael Crichton

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

— Nora Roberts

Everyone needs an editor.

— Timothy Foote

If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater…

— Pat Oliphant

“All of us who write need a good editor.”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

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

— Robert Christgau

If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.

— Daniel Okrent

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.

— Donald Davis

Every writer with half a brain knows to surround himself or herself with editors who are smarter, far more articulate, and infinitely better looking.

— Chris Claremont

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

— Irwin Shaw

Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”

— Sandi Layne