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Our editor came to work today in a vibrant pink shirt. Vibrant. Several members of staff have had to go home sick.
The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more.
There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) A good novel editor is invisible.
I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent.
The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales.
But, in the end, we editors just pass through. We all know that you, the readers, are the real carriers of the flame.
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.
The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.
One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.
Digg is like your newspaper, but rather than a handful of editors determining what's on the front page, the masses do.
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.
Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.
What editors are obliged to appear to say that men want from women is actually what their advertisers want from women.
Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right.
Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.
I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.
If you ever go to talk to an editor you don't want to be able to turn down a job because you can't do what is necessary.
I don't think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don't think anybody else does.
Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.
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.
We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.
I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes.
I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc.
I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.
The hell with the newspapers. Nobody reads the letters to the editor column except the nuts. It's enough to get you down.
All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.
Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank.
Hon Editor Cale Fluhart was a power politically fer years, but he never got prominent enough t' have his speeches garbled.
Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is.
The critic's symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else's dung, otherwise he could not hatch it.
With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.
I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.
[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.]
My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.
Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing.
the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.
My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.
It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.
He types his labored column - weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.
I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.
In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.