Believe Quote by Thorstein Veblen

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

— Robert Christgau

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

Most written work is a conversation between the editor and the writer, that the writer essentially fulfills in public, and the editor provides the…

— Alexander Chee

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

— Kinky Friedman

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Nora Roberts

As an editor, you're constantly dealing with the best way to convey an exchange between two people. So when I'm shooting, I'm just aware…

— Ed Helms

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

Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Theodore White

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does…

— Steven Pressfield