Quotes by Editors Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment. Tom Rachman editorshypocrisylaughing Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is. Tom Hanks choices-madeeditorsstories I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent. Tom Robinson editorsimportantthinking My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter.' He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. I just assumed that I was going to do that, that I was going to be a writer. Tom Wolfe editorsfatherthinking One person can't know or like everything, so an editor needs collaborators whose opinions and expertise he values and can trust. Toni Jerrman editorsopinionneeds Maybe [I care about language] because I'm an editor, maybe because I'm picky, but it's all we got, don't shrink it. Don't dumb it out, make it little. Toni Morrison editorscaredumb I don't want to be an editor - I want to be really forward about that. I would be a horrible editor. Topher Grace editorswould-bewant I don’t want to be an editor! I don’t want to direct; I’d be a horrible director. I don’t want to write - I have a “story by” credit on one film I did. And I don’t want to edit at all. Topher Grace editorswritingdirectors Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. Tucker Max great-writerseditorsfeels Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper. Truman Capote editorswritingtalking My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh. V. S. Naipaul feminineeditorspublishers My job, as I see it, is to give you a window into another world and another story, and then to be as graceful as I can so that you don't feel my work or the editor's work or the lens or the light or anything. Victor Levin editorslightjobs I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems. Victoria Chang editededitorswanted It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles. Victoria Woodhull editorsprinciplespractice I wrote a letter to the magazine [Time magazine] pointing out that [Richard] Corliss's comparison of Christopher Lee's Saruman to Osama Bin Laden, and the vastly outnumbered defenders of Helm's Deep united against the Orcs to the "Coalition of the Willing" fighting the good fight against Muslim hordes, displayed the simplistic, xenophobic, and arrogant worldview that makes the government of the United States feared and mistrusted around the world. The editors claimed they had no space to print my brief letter, which I felt was dishonest and cowardly. Viggo Mortensen editorsfightingspace You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I must say that I don't love it. Vilmos Zsigmond digitaleditorspieces Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems. It's just too complicated - negatives, tinting, flashing - it's a whole new system that takes a lot of time. Of course, it's not as physical. Even the editing. You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I must say that I don't love it. Vilmos Zsigmond editorstechnologyediting I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house. Vince Flynn publishing-houseeditorsblessed I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each their own. Vince Gilligan editorsstuffphilosophy I want to thank Gus Van Sant for selling out so that I could use his editor Curtis Clayton, who did a great job. Vincent Gallo editorsusejobs«2324252627282930313233»
