Editors Quote by Ricky Jay

Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.

— James Altucher

I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out loud, so…

— James Arthur

For my second novel, The Apothecary's Daughter, my editor encouraged me to think of another unusual profession for a woman to have. That led…

— Julie Klassen

Busy editors cannot be expected to put on their posters, "Mr. Wilkinson Still Safe," or "Mr. Jones, of Worthing, Not Dead Yet." They cannot…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

To read and write is a paradise.

— Carlos Fuentes

The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many…

— H. L. Mencken

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

— Sloan Wilson

“To strive in life; we must either read or write a story.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Best advice to writers - Read, write, read, write - repeat!”

— Lilly Cain

I want to be read. When you write a TV show like 'The Wire,' you've got three to four million readers watching your work.…

— George Pelecanos

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest…

— Jean Craighead George

“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.”

— Joyce Rachelle