Quotes by Editors There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) Terri Windling editorsvisionbook You have to look at fashion from the perspective of high end editors and publications. Read all the magazines--commercial and underground--and your voice will evolve from what you see there. Thakoon Panichgul editorsfashionvoice I'd trained to be a diplomat but the state department said I was too liberal. I saw an ad in the New York Times ... a hack Californian editor came to New York to butcher some films and he needed an assistant. For some reason I read it that day and it changed my life. I went to work for him and he was horrible, butchering these masterpieces by Antonioni, Visconti, but I learned enough to know what he was doing wrong. Thelma Schoonmaker diplomatseditorsnew-york There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful. Theodore White editorskindtwo I've hung around in absolute exhaustion and starvation waiting for an idea to hit, which might have been months. I've talked things over with editors, found out what they wanted, and when they wanted it delivered. Theodore Sturgeon editorswaitingideas It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors. Terry Pratchett editorsunderstandingthinking Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? Thomas Carlyle editorsableworld The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe. Thorstein Veblen editorsbelievefirsts The true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the Editors of the newspapers. Thomas Carlyle editorschurchlying A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up. Thomas Carlyle editorsablespring Editors, for the most part, don't care ''what'' you've done, or how astounding the physical event may have been. You need to write well. Many others are capable of doing what you have done (probably), so you must write better than they. Tim Cahill editorswritingmay Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn. Tim Cahill editorswritingart Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle... Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this. Divide his paper into four chapters, heading the 1st, Truths. 2d, Probabilities. 3d, Possibilities. 4th, Lies. The first chapter would be very short. Thomas Jefferson editorsmedialying My role as the chair of the fashion department at Parsons put me face to face with all the big designers, retailers, and editors. Since I was moving in these new circles regularly, I realized I needed to do something about my own personal style. It was really Diane von Furstenberg who gave me the nudge. Tim Gunn editorsfashionmoving Get an agent. Seriously, submitting stuff unagented means it will end up on the slush pile. An agent is the first quality filter, and a good agent is worth his or her weight in gold, as they'll often know the editors on a personal level and will be able to talk to them directly about the project. Tim Lebbon editorswritingmean Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy. Tim Roth editorschallengeshands The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base. Tim Ferriss editorssuccessfulbook Everyone needs an editor. Timothy Foote editorseditingwriting I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into. Tobias Wolff editorsworkpeople It's a weird partnership. For me and Patrick, if you've met him, we're not very much alike. But we bring such different tools to the table. He doesn't think like me. I don't think like him. He thinks like an editor. He thinks like a director. He thinks completely outside of the box when it comes to writing and so because of that he leads me down roads that I would've never gone down. And he sucks at grammar. So together we're perfect. Todd Farmer editorswritingthinking«2324252627282930313233»
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