Business Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

— David Ogilvy

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

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.

— Scott Pelley

I didn't really want deadlines and editorial work. I wanted something mechanical and eight hours a day. So I went to work, thinking it…

— Katharine Graham

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC,…

— Evan Davis

As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before - are steadily…

— William T. Vollmann

Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here…

— Kage Baker

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every…

— Garry Trudeau

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them…

— George Woodcock

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to…

— Lee Child

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all ottom line editors; everything depends on the money.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this.

— Ann Patchett