Editors Quote by Robin Hobb

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

— William H. Gass

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

— Theodore White

“You can always edit something bad. You can't edit something blank.”

— Jodi Picoult

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

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a…

— Lydia Davis

I hate editors, for they make me abandon a lot of perfectly good English words.

— Mark Twain

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the…

— John Gardner

I believe every editor should stand to edit. That's just my particular soapbox. Some things are so delicate and depend on such fine, delicate…

— Walter Murch

When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is…

— Rian Johnson

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

— Piers Anthony

“is only one thing more mortifying than having an exclamation mark removed by an editor: an exclamation mark added in.”

— Lynne Truss