Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse. Votes: 3
Robert Anton WilsonAll science requires mathematics. [Editors' summary of Bacon's idea, not Bacon's wording.] Votes: 3
Roger BaconEditors always want to know what you're working on, what you're thinking about. Votes: 3
Mary Downing HahnWriters think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. Votes: 3
Steven PressfieldThe true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the Editors of the newspapers. Votes: 3
Thomas CarlyleEditors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them. Votes: 3
Maxwell PerkinsAn Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor. Votes: 2
Jackie KennedyNewspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. Votes: 2
Adlai E. StevensonWriters' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call Votes: 2
Bill WalshOnly kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Votes: 2
Mark TwainI've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt. Votes: 2
Len WeinAn editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff Votes: 1
Adlai E. StevensonAll "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors Votes: 1
William WhitworthWhatever I wrote was heretical. It offended the editors of the women's magazines. Votes: 0
Betty FriedanMost of these editors, as they call themselves, couldn't even effectively edit a haiku. Votes: 0
Frank BlackAlways remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress. Votes: 0
Dave BarryVery few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. Votes: 0
Chelsea Quinn YarbroThere are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. Votes: 0
Terri WindlingAfter a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great. Votes: 0
Ken FollettWhen I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors. Votes: 0
Michael D. HigginsTry pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up. Votes: 0
Jim CraceWrite letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations. Votes: 0
Nicholas D. KristofThere are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful. Votes: 0
Theodore WhiteThere are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different. Votes: 0
Carine RoitfeldI think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent. Votes: 0
Mary Downing HahnI happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end. Votes: 0
Steve CooganWhen both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril. Votes: 0
Robin HobbThere are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. Votes: 2 Terri Windling