Financial Quote by Walter Annenberg

An editor is bound to avoid the meshes of the law, which are always infinitely more costly to companies, or things, or institutions, than…

— Anthony Trollope

I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or.

— Leandra Medine

Editors are licensed to be curious.

— William Zinsser

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

— David Ogilvy

There is no editor or agent or person with a sack of money that will magically come down and give you motivation to make…

— Charles Forsman

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

— Robert Gottlieb

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

— Robert Christgau

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

“An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story; but is not a finished product. Too many writers study the craft of writing but…

— Michael J. Kannengieser

I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.

— P. J. O'Rourke

One person can't know or like everything, so an editor needs collaborators whose opinions and expertise he values and can trust.

— Toni Jerrman