Collaborators Quote by Toni Jerrman

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

— Ken Follett

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

— Maxwell Perkins

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

— Bill Joy

An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.

— Robert Gottlieb

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

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

— Robert Christgau

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

— Anonymous

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

— Ariel Levy

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

— H. L. Mencken

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

— Sam Rockwell

I think a lot of people have the idea of an editor being someone who comes in like a dictator, and says, "You can't…

— Cheryl Strayed

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

— Nora Roberts