Always Quote by Patricia MacLachlan

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

— Nora Roberts

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition…

— Joseph Kanon

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

— Lisa Scottoline

With a good editor you find yourself shaping as you talk and they will ask a couple of questions that open new things. Some…

— Ron Rosenbaum

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

— Kinky Friedman

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

— Karen Thompson Walker

The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer; you make things better.

— Courtney B. Vance

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

— Theodore White

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

— Michael Korda

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

Being an editor it's a complicated job, but the last impression I'd want anybody to have is that it's onerous. It's a joy -…

— David Remnick