Quotes by Editors The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms. Judith Guest editorssleeptwo Regan has been amused, in the intervening years, to watch editors who rolled their eyes at Limbaugh scramble to try to duplicate his success. What people respond to in this culture is loud and brash and pointed and sometimes vulgar -- that`s what gets p... Judith Regan. Judith Regan editorseyeyears The border between editing and ghostwriting is, at its extremes, a bit porous. An editor really improves and sometimes restructures a manuscript and suggests changes. Judith Thurman editorsbordersediting Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing. Joyce Carol Oates editorswritingremember I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title. Judy Blume titleseditorsbook When I went in, my editor said, ‘I hope you don’t think you’re a writer.’ And I said, ‘I hope you don’t think I’m a journalist.’ And, uh, turned out we were both right. Julia Cameron editorssaidthinking As editor of WikiLeaks, I am very proud of three things. Number one, we have never got it wrong in terms of what we say. A document is what it is. Number two, we have never revealed one of our sources ever. Number three, what are we proud of? We are proud that there is not a single instance of anyone coming into physical harm as a result of our publication. Julian Assange editorsnumberstwo The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science. Julian Schwinger rejectioneditorscriticism Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists. Julian Assange editorsroleswriting The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help. Julie Berry editorsagewriting I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well. Julie Berry editorsstrongstories Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process. Julianne Malveaux editorsteamtogether Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved in writing a novel. I was wrong! Writing is a lot harder than I ever imagined - but worth it. Julie Klassen editorswritingideas The way I work is that I never let people do an assembly. I don't like it because it shapes the film in a way that I can't really control. To me, editing is making the film and it's a huge process and editors are under-rated. Julie Delpy editorseditingpeople I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me so much. I doubt I would be where I am today without that amazing experience. Julie Klassen editorswritingyears Not too many people know who the editor is. Julius Schwartz editorsknowspeople Dare to be a sucky skateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuff we’re good at, we never learn anything new. Justin Bieber videoeditorsstuff To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first. Karen Thompson Walker editorsneedsthinking Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing. Karen Thompson Walker editorsreadingwriting An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer. Karen Thompson Walker editorsreader«1213141516171819202122»
