Quotes by Editors Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am. Patricia MacLachlan editorsdaughterway The job of the critic is to report to us his moods. Oscar Wilde moodeditorsjobs The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the director and the editor are both gifted and both fine human beings. Patti Smith editorsdreamdirectors 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. Paul Johnson editorslittlesboys Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH. Peggy Noonan editorsoceanediting I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of 'The Spectator. Peter Ackroyd editorsreadingschool Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the language, and these expressions are usually accompanied by dire predictions about ruination of the mother tongue. Peter Farb editorsexpressionmother That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that goddamn particle' because it was clear it was going to be a tough job finding it experimentally. His editor wouldn't have that, and he said 'okay, call it the God particle', and the editor accepted it. I don't think he should've have done, because it's so misleading. Peter Higgs editorsjobsthinking Eisenstein was a good editor. I was trained as a film editor, and I've no doubt that the editor is key to a film. Peter Greenaway editorskeysdoubt When in doubt, delete it. Phil Crosby when-in-doubteditorsdoubt The hell with the newspapers. Nobody reads the letters to the editor column except the nuts. It's enough to get you down. Philip K. Dick editorsnutsletters As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them. Piers Anthony collaborationeditorsbook If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case. Piers Anthony editorsshouldlooks I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor. Rachel Kushner editorsnew-yorkwriting When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with the consequences that you all know [Editor's note: a reference to his comments on the Armenian Genocide]. I said these words ... I was sure Pope Francis turkeysgenocideeditors I have a great editor and I enjoy, in a masochistic way, being ruthless about my own performance. How do I know, but I think I'm quite good at saying, "That's no good. That's no good. That's it. That's it. That's good." And I'm with the editor who goes, "No, I think you're wrong. That's not your best." There's an initial point in the editing, if you're directing yourself, especially in my case, where you go, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, I can't watch this." And then, there's a point where you become hard-nosed and just take your neurosis away and go, "What's working? That's okay. That's okay. We can lose that, and lose that." You get objective about it. Ralph Fiennes oucheditorsediting I'd forgotten - perhaps preferred to forget - that I'd caved in to the interference of some copy-editor... somebody anonymous whose commitment to finding something wrong would not disgrace an Eastern European clerk. Ramsey Campbell editorsclerkscommitment Start with something messy, get to the point, get an editor, and make it good. Rands messyeditors Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting. Rand Paul louisvillevotingeditors If teachers and grammar school editors find my jawbreaker sentences shatter their mushmilk teeth, let them eat stale cake dunked in weak tea of their own ungodly manufacture. Ray Bradbury editorsteacherschool«2021222324252627282930»
