Book Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

— Nora Roberts

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

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

— Robert Graves

To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.

— Karen Thompson Walker

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

— Anonymous

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

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

— Theodore White

“An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story; but is not a finished product. Too many writers study the craft of writing but…

— Michael J. Kannengieser

“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping that piece…

— Monika Pardon

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become…

— Brenda Ueland