Brave Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

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

— Theodore White

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done,…

— Danielle Dutton

The first thing that editor does is they take out a red pen, or nowadays you go online, and they start striking things. Basically…

— Keith Rabois

The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible,…

— H. L. Mencken

Being edited is like falling face down into a threshing machine.

— Margaret Atwood

“It’s important to put aside your internal editor and just get words down on the page when working on a first draft.”

— S.J. Scott

The most important job of an editor is simplify, simplify simplify, and that usually means omitting things.

— Keith Rabois

I still love when any editor today says, "it's so cool what you do", or "you inspired me". All these little things make you…

— Garance Dore

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.

— Shane McCrae

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I…

— Anita Shreve

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

— Irwin Shaw