Another Quote by Walter Murch

In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors…

— Michael Korda

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.

— Shane McCrae

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

— Ed Helms

I guess if editing doesn't hurt, you're probably not doing it properly. I find it quite difficult. The hardest part is believing that it's…

— Markus Zusak

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

Sometimes the most difficult thing you can do as an editor is not make a single note - the idea that everything and everyone…

— Hanya Yanagihara

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to…

— Robert Gottlieb

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

I really am a strong believer that with editing, it should take a long time. Even you yourself are not capable of making the…

— Shirin Neshat

Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

— Irwin Shaw