Editors Quote by T. S. Eliot

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

— Stephen Ambrose

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

— Diana Trilling

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

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

— Nora Roberts

“On Editors: "... The chief qualification of ninety-nine per cent of all editors is failure. They have failed as writers. Don't think they prefer…

— Jack London

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

— Linda Sue Park

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

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

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

— Anonymous

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

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti