Absent Quote by William H. Gass

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

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

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 have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to…

— Patricia MacLachlan

I have never had any problems with editors who wanted me to change my methods or point of view. I pay a lot of…

— Margaret Atwood

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their…

— O. Henry

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

— H. L. Mencken

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

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

— Maxwell Perkins

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

— Ed Helms