"You need a good editor because every writer……" — Samuel Johnson
"You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper, it's not War and Peace anymore; it's comic-book stuff. Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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