Editors Quote by Suzanne Steele

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

— Betsy Lerner

“The job of the writer is to change the way the reader sees the world.”

— after Richard Ford

“All of us who write need a good editor.”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

“An editor is someone who is paid to tell a writer what she thinks about how he wrote what he thinks about.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Good editors are priceless.”

— Buffy Andrews

“A real editor isn't just someone you work with; he's your guide.”

— Ariel Levy

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

— Steven Pressfield

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

— Stephen Ambrose

“Writers are archeologists of themselves.”

— Vicki Grove

“There is an audience for everything; our job as writers is to do the work and provide readers with a choice.”

— Elizabeth Hernandez

“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty by their…

— Reed Farrel Coleman