Quotes by Editors God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate. Steve Fowler editorshonestygod I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end. Steve Coogan profileeditorsends The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. Steve Martin editorsmindwriting The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. And the joy of writing, when you're writing from your subconscious, is beautiful - it's thrilling. When you're editing, which is your conscious mind, it's like torture. Steve Martin editorswritingbeautiful In the mid-2000s, I kind of accidentally became a music editor. Steven Price editorskind I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie. Steven Sebring editorsfilmdream Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it stand for?" They are trying to take everything one level deeper. When they get to that level, they will try to go deeper again. Steven Pressfield editorswritingthinking Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. Steven Pressfield editorswritingthinking The greatest films ever made in our history were cut on film, and I'm tenaciously hanging on to the process. I just love going into an editing room and smelling the photochemistry and seeing my editor wearing mini-strands of film around his neck. Steven Spielberg editorscuttingediting I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor. Stockard Channing editorsplaythinking If you are doing a peer review of somebody's paper before publication, the editor would not allow you to speculate about the person's motives, about their place in the hierarchy. It's not scientifically relevant. Susan Fiske peerseditorspaper Had I represented twenty thousand voters in Michigan, that political editor would not have known nor cared whether I was the oldest or the youngest daughter of Methuselah, or whether my bonnet came from the Ark or from Worth's. Susan B. Anthony editorsfashiondaughter As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary. Sylvia Kristel editorsactorsdirectors Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages. Sylvester Stallone support-youeditorswriting An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better. T. S. Eliot editorseditingwriting Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying, 'Do you what you want, give it to the editor, and he'll figure it out.' I physically then walk on with the actors and I say, 'Let's walk until you guys feel the space works for you, and tell me when all that happens. Tarsem Singh editorsspacegiving Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. T. S. Eliot editorscriticismappreciation I learned early on that it's heartbreaking to - there's the editor that comes in, and then they have to craft the movie together, and sometimes you give a whole performance that's just been cut up, and maybe it's better for it, absolutely, but you still have to deal with the loss of that. Tavis Smiley editorscuttingloss When I wrote my blog and went to fashion week, I got a lot of shade from older editors about paying my dues and educating myself. I get where they were coming from, but it's also weird now to see their institutions scramble to use the internet in a way that's not savvy, but genuinely effective and exciting to people. I've been doing that for years. Tavi Gevinson editorsfashionyears A good novel editor is invisible. Terri Windling invisibleeditorsnovel«2324252627282930313233»
