Editing Quote by Timothy Foote

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

— Nora Roberts

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

— Bill Joy

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

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

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

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.

— Donald Davis

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

— Stephen Ambrose

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

— Kinky Friedman

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

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.

— Scott Pelley

“All of us who write need a good editor. - Sharon Langevin Crawford”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

— Maxwell Perkins

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