Quotes by Editors One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director. John Kricfalusi editorsvoicejobs Uninvited criticism is insult. John L'Heureux insulteditorscriticism Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive) alone with a book the whole razzmatazz of prizes, banquets, television spectaculars, bestseller lists, even literature courses, editors and authors, are all worthless. Unless a book finds lovers among those solitary readers, it will not live . . . or live for long. John McGahern editorslongbook A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for my eyes only, and they are no good. I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can - that's where most of my prints end up. John Sexton editorseyephotography Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that. John Sayles editorsstoriesstuff Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. John W. Campbell writing-and-readingeditorshome Writers take words seriously-perha ps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless typesetters and obtuse and malevolent reviewers into the lap of the ideal reader. John Updike editorsstruggleclass I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really. Johnny Vegas editorsmediathinking 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. Jon Weisman editorsadvicebook I have always had a hard time revising my work as a journalist, which was never much of a problem. You always have editors as backstops. Their job is to perfect your story. Most of them want to be useful. Jon Weisman hard-timeseditorsjobs The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the approval of a publisher and an audience, but what is valued in fiction writing - style, individual voice, insight - is scorned by the editor who is combing through your newspaper article. Jon Weisman editorsvoicewriting When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do. Jonathan Carroll editorscollegeideas By this point, it was clear she wasn't interested in continuing the relationship. What publication on earth would continue a relationship with a writer who would refuse to discuss her work with her editors? What publication would continue to publish a writer who attacked it on TV? What publication would continue to publish a writer who lied about it - on TV and to a Washington Post reporter? ... It's true: Ann is fearless, in person and in her writing. But fearlessness isn't an excuse for crappy writing or crappier behavior. Jonah Goldberg editorsscarywriting The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some politically correct, Orwellian, kind of like "you're telling me how to write about...?" Jose Antonio Vargas editorswantwriting Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer. Joseph Kanon competitioneditorsvices Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. Joseph Addison stormeditorsediting Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung. Josephus Daniels oughtcrimeeditors The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you see that character portrayed up on screen, there is the work certainly of the actor, but there's the work of the editor, there's the work of what the camera was doing. What the music was doing, all of the above. Joseph Gordon-Levitt editorscharacterpeople Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! Joyce Carol Oates sympatheticeditorscritics Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack. Joss Whedon editorsskillsjobs«1112131415161718192021»
