Editing Quote by Michael Marshall Smith

“Only the educated stop to look for words - having enough to occasionally misplace them.”

— Derek B. Miller

“knowing now that the job of writing was as much about removing words as adding them,”

— Paul Auster

“But I am a writer, and I deal in words, and I need to have them spelled out for me--precisely.”

— Sydney Jane Baily

“Challenge yourself to be an example of change.”

— Debasish Mridha

“Accept corrections and you’ll improve and increase.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“They're just words. They can be changed.”

— Marjorie Reynolds

“Mistake is another word for transformation.”

— Charlena Jackson

“Just recieved my manuscript from the editor and he didn't change a word. The word he didn't change was the.”

— Roy A Higgins

“I write for change.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

“It’s easy to become careless when making rough comparisons, but the alternative is a prissy attention to detail that takes all the fun out…

— Stephen King

“The trouble with words is that no matter how much sense they make in theory, they can’t change what you feel inside.”

— Rebecca James

“So it may be that reading your work aloud will not only improve its quality but save your life in the process.”

— Francine Prose