Quotes by Editors Hon Editor Cale Fluhart was a power politically fer years, but he never got prominent enough t' have his speeches garbled. Kin Hubbard editorsgovernmentyears The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer Kyle MacLachlan editorsplayhands Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows. Kurt Vonnegut being-yourselfeditorsunique Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae. Kurt Vonnegut rejectioneditorswriting There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors. Kurt Vonnegut editorswritingteacher And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well Laura Hillenbrand editorsideasthinking Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it Laura Hillenbrand sawseditorslooks For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published. Laura Miller agentseditorswriting I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which is why every time somebody cares enough to read a novel of mine, or respond to it - a reader, a reviewer, even my own editor - I'm a little bit amazed, and so hugely grateful. Lauren Grodstein editorsgratefulwriting You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell. Kurt Vonnegut helleditorsgiving Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing. Laurie Metcalf editorsrealtogether If you would be a poet, write living newspapers. Be a reporter from outer space, filing dispatches to some supreme managing editor who believes in full disclosure and has a low tolerance for bullshit. Lawrence Ferlinghetti editorswritingbelieve General editors' preface The growth of translation studies as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1980s. The subject has developed in many parts of the world and is clearly destined to continue developing well into the twenty-first century. Translation studies brings together work in a wide variety of fields, including linguistics, literary study, history, anthropology, psychology, and economics. This series of books will reflect the breadth of work in translation studies and will enable readers to share in the exciting new developments that are taking place at the present time. Lawrence Venuti editorsdisciplinebook The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money. Lawrence Ferlinghetti editorslinesreal If Jeff Sessions had been an editor of something like "Breitbart", Ronald Reagan wouldn`t have even nominated him. Lawrence O'Donnell sessioneditorsifs When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes. Len Wein editorsdifferenceswriting It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision. Len Wein editorsvisionstories I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt. Len Wein clueeditorsyears I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've made my living from doing what I love. You can't get any better than that. Len Wein editorslove-youart In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other efforts to control information are the most aggressive I've seen since the Nixon administration, when I was one of the editors involved in The Washington Post's investigation of Watergate. Leonard Downie, Jr. editorsgovernmentwar«1415161718192021222324»
