Quotes of: Editor Keyword

I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

Chad Harbach

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

Bill Joy

I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

Blake Lively

Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank.

David Brock

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.

Jenna Bush

The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'

Al Gore

Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author’s intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don’t make sense when they are edited too much. I love the lo...

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Rosenfeld went to work for the Herald Tribune after his graduation from Syracuse University and has always been an editor, never a reporter. He was inclined to worry that too many reporters on the metropolitan staff were incompetent, and thought even...

All the President's Men

the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

Ira Glass

In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation.

Rebekah Brooks

After my husband spell-checks one of my manuscripts, my editor says, 'It's been Normanized.'

Ruth Glick

I'm an unabashed elitist. Everyone needs a good editor, and there is peril in worshiping amateurism and the unedited in science, art, and journalism.

K. Lee Lerner

With Digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.

Kevin Rose

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book.

Karen Thompson Walker

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The punctuation police are everywhere!

Dorothea Benton Frank

I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.

Dan Rather

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

Irwin Shaw

Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.

Jack Germond

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

Jostein Gaarder

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

Tucker Max