Copies Quote by Theodore White

I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to…

— Patricia MacLachlan

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

Anyone who edits their own copy has a fool for an editor.

— Donald Davis

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.

— Karen Thompson Walker

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

— Nora Roberts

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more.

— Bill Kovach

An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.

— Sam Rockwell

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

Being an editor it's a complicated job, but the last impression I'd want anybody to have is that it's onerous. It's a joy -…

— David Remnick

I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors.

— H. L. Mencken

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

— Mark Twain