Abuse Quote by Warren E. Burger

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

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content…

— Mark Twain

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a…

— Robert Gottlieb

Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication.... Good editors are not 'permissive';…

— Peter Drucker

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

— Bill Joy

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

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

Editing is the same as quarreling with writers — same thing exactly.

— Harold Ross

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

— David Ogilvy

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