Different Quote by Robert Gottlieb

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

— Nora Roberts

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

— Karen Thompson Walker

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

To be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist.

— Peter Gizzi

Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.

— Bill Keller

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

— Stephen Ambrose

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

— Rene Russo

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

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility…

— Chuck Klosterman

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