Quotes about Editors

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. Votes: 4

The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. Votes: 4

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers. Votes: 4

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise. Votes: 4

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. Votes: 4

So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on the phone and talked to editors about ideas for stories. Pretty soon I found myself hired to do interviews and articles and went off and did them. Votes: 4

Editors are licensed to be curious. Votes: 3

A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up. Votes: 3

Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse. Votes: 3

All science requires mathematics. [Editors' summary of Bacon's idea, not Bacon's wording.] Votes: 3

Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. Votes: 3

Editors are constantly on the watch to discover new talents in old names. Votes: 3

Editors always want to know what you're working on, what you're thinking about. Votes: 3

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. Votes: 3

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them. Votes: 3

The true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the Editors of the newspapers. Votes: 3

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily. Votes: 3

Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank. Votes: 3

I don't think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don't think anybody else does. Votes: 3

Editors seek out the first novels with the seductiveness of Don Juans; the pleasure of discovery is one of the obvious reasons. Votes: 3

Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample. Votes: 3

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. Votes: 3

Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that mixes poorly with intimacy. Votes: 3

I dare say you will try to make me believe that Editors are human. Now I deny that, for I myself have, in past days, had evidence to the contrary. Votes: 3

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often they operate a snack bar and expect you to be grateful that at least they got the food to the table warm Votes: 3

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often [they] operate a snack bar . . . and expect you to be grateful that at least they got the food to the table warm. Votes: 3

Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death. Votes: 3

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... Votes: 3

The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no. Votes: 3

Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don't know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they're always looking for something new. Votes: 3

Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A very good editor is almost a collaborator. Votes: 2

The road to ignorance is paved with good editors. Votes: 2

A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. Votes: 2

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. Votes: 2

Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung. Votes: 2

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community. Votes: 2

My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor. Votes: 2

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor. Votes: 2

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. Votes: 2

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. Votes: 2

Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. Votes: 2

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call Votes: 2

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Votes: 2

I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt. Votes: 2

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better. Votes: 2

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible. Votes: 2

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. Votes: 2

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. Votes: 2

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. Votes: 2

Somebody has to pay our editors, writers, journalists, designers, developers, and all the other specialists whose passion and tears go into every chunk of worthwhile web content. Votes: 2

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.' Votes: 2

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy. Votes: 2

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events. Votes: 2

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it! Is the scholastic air any advantage? Votes: 2

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae. Votes: 2

There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher. Votes: 2

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors. Votes: 2

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started. Votes: 2

As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note." Votes: 2

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. Votes: 2

The error that we tend to make is that we think that women's magazines are what editors want and what their readers want - and thus are social indicators - when, in fact, they are what advertisers want. They're just advertising indicators. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive. Votes: 2

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards Votes: 2

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards. Votes: 2

Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take. Votes: 2

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women. Votes: 2

When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical gay signifier - as though, after decades in the public eye, they'd suddenly come across a trove of shots where I looked like a Cher impersonator. Votes: 2

Liberman said to me, 'I must cut back on the work you do for Vogue. The editors don't like it. They say the photographs burn on the page . After some years, I began to understand that what they wanted of me was simply a nice, sweet, clean-looking image of a lovely young woman. Votes: 2

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff Votes: 1

All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors Votes: 1

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible Votes: 1

Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed Votes: 1

You're at the mercy of the editors' hands. Votes: 0

I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors. Votes: 0

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Votes: 0

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon. Votes: 0

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems. Votes: 0

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception. Votes: 0

What editors are obliged to appear to say that Votes: 0

I depend on good editors and a good director. Votes: 0

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Votes: 0

The end of spring- the poet is brooding about editors. Votes: 0

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead. Votes: 0

The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over. Votes: 0

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can. Votes: 0

I don't even like showing my stuff to publishers and editors much. Votes: 0

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books. Votes: 0

I pay editors. I never ask friends or colleagues to work for free. Votes: 0

As Christians, we are to be newsboys and not editors of the gospel. Votes: 0

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time. Votes: 0

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors. Votes: 0

Whatever I wrote was heretical. It offended the editors of the women's magazines. Votes: 0

Most of these editors, as they call themselves, couldn't even effectively edit a haiku. Votes: 0

You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell. Votes: 0

Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class. Votes: 0

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world. Votes: 0

I've never met a deadline I couldn't miss. I make sure my editors know this. Votes: 0

I hate editors, for they make me abandon a lot of perfectly good English words. Votes: 0

Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress. Votes: 0

Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. Votes: 0

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc. Votes: 0

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. Votes: 0

Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers. Votes: 0

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great. Votes: 0

When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors. Votes: 0

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers. Votes: 0

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome. Votes: 0

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms. Votes: 0

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up. Votes: 0

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful. Votes: 0

There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different. Votes: 0

I think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent. Votes: 0

By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith. Votes: 0

There won't be editors in the future with the Internet world, with citizen reporting. That doesn't scare me. Votes: 0

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts. Votes: 0

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it. Votes: 0

I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end. Votes: 0

The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors. Votes: 0

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives. Votes: 0

What editors are obliged to appear to say that men want from women is actually what their advertisers want from women. Votes: 0

Even when influential political and media figures vehemently complained about the criticisms I wrote, Salon's editors unfailingly stood behind my work. Votes: 0

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money. Votes: 0

I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes. Votes: 0

Digg is like your newspaper, but rather than a handful of editors determining what's on the front page, the masses do. Votes: 0

When both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril. Votes: 0

If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed." Votes: 0

What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead. Votes: 0

I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well. Votes: 0

The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more. Votes: 0

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. A good novel editor is invisible. Votes: 0

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors. Votes: 0

But, in the end, we editors just pass through. We all know that you, the readers, are the real carriers of the flame. Votes: 0

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that. Votes: 0

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think editors are excellent marketers. They know their audience and produce copy to appeal to them - they just don't call it marketing. Votes: 0

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make. Votes: 0

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) A good novel editor is invisible. Votes: 0

I think women are vital to the future of the superhero comics and the entire industry - as creators, as editors, as consumers, as retailers. Votes: 0

On a book like 'X-Men,' you have to stay true to the established fiction, working with editors to ensure continuity, sometimes across multiple titles. Votes: 0

making final judgements about poets, cities or regions on the basis of an anthology is always dangerous: anthologies are mirages created, finally, by their editors. Votes: 0

Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right. Votes: 0

Sadly, too much has changed about publishing ... not only does attractiveness matter to agents and editors, but there's no room anymore for a reclusive writer. Votes: 0

Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads. Votes: 0

Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used to be. Votes: 0

Don't let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that. Votes: 0

This is where we should start focusing this conversation: how men (as readers, critics, and editors) can start to bear the responsibility for becoming better, broader readers. Votes: 0

Three-quarters of our sites - Kotaku, Gawker, Jezebel, Deadspin, Gizmodo, Lifehacker - are led by editors who built their careers within Gawker Media. That's the career path. Votes: 0

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. Votes: 0

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day. Votes: 0

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident about the material. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors. Votes: 0

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper Votes: 0

The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give civilized entertainment. Votes: 0

If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have. Votes: 0

I learned how to make a documentary by having a good team around me. My editors (and co-writers)Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng were very helpful. Votes: 0

In early 1970, Newsweek's editors decided that the new women's liberation movement deserved a cover story. There was one problem, however: there were no women to write the piece. Votes: 0

[Alex] Haley had a tendency to write even more frequently and voluminously to his agents and his editors than he did putting pen to paper in his own books. Votes: 0

Writers would submit scripts to me, and if I liked one well enough to submit to magazine editors, I had the know-how whether the story was good or bad. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all references in music, art and fashion. Votes: 0

Magazines are about trust and partnership: We, the editors, will strive always to keep you engaged; you, the readers, are free to engage with us or to reject us. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published. Votes: 0

To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story. Votes: 0

Look, obviously that was - created quite a firestorm, but Newsweek editors have made clear that this was a situation where, you know, a solid, well-placed source provided some information. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Votes: 0

I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap. Votes: 0

I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the "Letters and Tomatoes" column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature. Votes: 0

When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines. Votes: 0

I depend on good editors and a good director. It's up to the way they shoot it, the lighting and all that. I like how small you can be on TV. Votes: 0

Our editors, I'm afraid, have come to believe that the photograph is an end in itself. They've forgotten that the photograph is only the subsidiary, the little brother, of the word. Votes: 0

Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they are getting anywhere unless they are up and doing). Votes: 0

So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger. Votes: 0

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.' Votes: 0

Originally, I broke the story [The Gunslinger Born] into eight comic books, but when the editors at Marvel thought we should make it more compact, I managed to cut back to seven. Votes: 0

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me Votes: 0

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me. Votes: 0

I have dictated stories from an airport after writing the story out in longhand on the plane that I got from phone interviews and then was applauded by editors for 'working magic. Votes: 0

Since September 11 2001, editors in America have faced some excruciating choices, as the attempt to wage a war against a new kind of enemy sometimes strained the boundaries of our laws and values. Votes: 0

All our reporters and editors now work seamlessly in print and online. This integration has transformed the way we work. I believe this is vital to the success and growth of newspapers. Votes: 0

I'm sure I cause just as much consternation for editors as any other actor, but it definitely makes me feel more comfortable understanding how and why all the different camera setups exist. Votes: 0

I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that. Votes: 0

One of the things I regret is that magazines now are so lifestyle-orientated that the opportunity to do bigger projects is gone. This is a serious misjudgment on the part of magazine editors. Votes: 0

Being in New York, a lot of people I knew were top-notch copy editors or photo retouchers, so I had a good community around me that knew how to do the specialized stuff. Votes: 0

I've learned a heck of a lot this way [making Dark Tower comics]. I've also learned a lot from the editors at Marvel, who are always an equal part in the creative team. Votes: 0

When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to meet the editors and wrote about it in my high school magazine. Votes: 0

There's a lot of stuff they don't teach you in the mythical editors' school. They don't teach you that you're going to have to spend a lot of your life in crisis management. Votes: 0

I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted. Votes: 0

I have dictated stories from an airport after writing the story out in longhand on the plane that I got from phone interviews and then was applauded by editors for 'working magic.' Votes: 0

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit. Votes: 0

To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn your craft, get to know fellow writers, and meet editors and agents. Votes: 0

For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend. Votes: 0

I realized that what I was saying was threatening, somehow, to the editors of women's magazines. That it threatened the very world they were trying to paint, what I then called the "feminine mystique." Votes: 0

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher! Votes: 0

The Central Propaganda Department is the highest-ranking censorship agency in China. And it has control over everything from the appointment of newspaper editors to university professors to the way that films are cut and distributed. Votes: 0