Quotes by Editors I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. Kate Chopin editorssecretgiving The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition. Kate DiCamillo editorseditingbook The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times - sometimes into a tape recorder - to make sure that it sounds right. Kate DiCamillo editorssoundhands When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that I get a better book in the end. I can't say I'm happy when I read that editorial letter. It is always a little painful and scary. But I have learned that - bit by bit - I can make the changes and do the work. Kate DiCamillo editorsscarybook The BBC is very much in thrall to all this techno cross-fertilisation, in much the same way that print journalists are now encouraged to blog. To the point where there is an emerging breed of sub-editors who take perfectly well-written and punctuated original copy and rewrite it so that it resembles a text message written by a 14-year-old under the influence of Bacardi Breezers. Kathryn Flett editorsamericayears As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on who we want our partners to connect with - and makes us look buttoned up, too. SEO firm? Talk to our COO. An editor from the 'Huffington Post?' Meet our Editor-in-Chief. Kathryn Minshew editorsknowingdoe The most important job of an editor is simplify, simplify simplify, and that usually means omitting things. Keith Rabois editorsjobsmean The first thing that editor does is they take out a red pen, or nowadays you go online, and they start striking things. Basically eliminating things, the biggest task of an editor is to simplify, simplify, simplify and that usually means omitting things. Keith Rabois rededitorsmean The job of an editor is to ensure a consistent voice. Keith Rabois editorsvoicejobs You're at the mercy of the editors' hands. Kelly LeBrock editorsmercyhands The initial spark usually has something to do with panic -- I'm due to turn in a story to a workshop or an editor. It's a terrible working method. Kelly Link sparkspaniceditors Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture. Ken Auletta cropsfingerseditors After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great. Ken Follett editorscertainpeople A very good editor is almost a collaborator. Ken Follett collaboratorsvery-goodeditors I hate to say that, but the past was much more fascinating. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of actors. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of directors. But I have a lot of friends who are editors, and there are a lot of technical things going on here that are interesting. Kenneth Anger editorshatepast Amazingly, 85 percent of prescribed standard medical treatments across the board lack scientific validation, according to the New York Times. Richard Smith, editor of the British Medical Journal, suggests that this is partly because only one percent of the articles in medical journals are scientifically sound, and partly because many treatments have never been assessed at all. Kenny Ausubel medicineeditorsnew-york I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who also happens to be an experienced writer, a thoughtful editor, and a creative midwife. Kevin Sampsell thoughtfuleditorscreative I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in it. But I'd always get nice letters back telling me that Mr. Shawn [William Shawn, the New Yorker's editor from 1952 to 1987] just didn't like this or didn't like that about what I submitted. Kevin Sessums editorsnicetrying My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write. Khaled Hosseini editorshomewriting An editor's job is to take something great and make it good. Kinky Friedman editorsjobs«1314151617181920212223»
