Contact Quote by O. Henry

I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes.

— William H. Gass

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

“A real editor isn't just someone you work with; he's your guide.”

— Ariel Levy

I think a lot of people have the idea of an editor being someone who comes in like a dictator, and says, "You can't…

— Cheryl Strayed

It is the job of the editors to find somebody. I'm sorry, but you have to get out there and find them.

— Nicolas Ghesquiere

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

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

— Michael Korda

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

— Jackie Kennedy

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

— Maxwell Perkins

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

— Bill Joy

I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse. It's like…

— Fran Lebowitz

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

— Linda Sue Park