Editors Quotes - Page 30

• I take editing seriously. It's a joy to edit. I always hand a manuscript to several editors and can't wait to get back their notes and see what they've said. I don't criticize myself for making blunders here and there, because it's just natural. You write in chunks, and you may not remember that that sentence you wrote yesterday had the same word repeated three times. I do enjoy that. I love the feeling of repairing. Repairing is really nice.

  Steve Martin

  Nice, Writing, Editing

  "Steve Martin: The Powells.com Interview". Interview with Jill Owens, www.powells.com. November 29, 2010.

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• I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.

  Brian Selznick

  Struggle, Moving, Writing

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• Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

  Linda Sue Park

  Adore, Exception

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• The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.

  Alice Sebold

  Unique, Use, Pages

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• I was the editor of the News of the World; I was the editor of the Sun and chief executive.

  Rebekah Brooks

  News, World, Sun

  "The prosecution of Rebekah Brooks and her husband: the statements", www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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• When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

  Louis Sachar

  Writing, Decision, Suggestions

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• Hon Editor Cale Fluhart was a power politically fer years, but he never got prominent enough t' have his speeches garbled.

  Kin Hubbard

  Government, Years, Speech

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• In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why most people are more hesitant to do print, because they can change it, and they do change it. They even change things that are in quotation marks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I've said to numerous reporters, "Would you read me back my direct quotes?" And they always say no. They always say that's against the policy.

  Fran Lebowitz

  People, Pet, Quotation Marks

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 17, 2011.

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• If I can avoid doing freelance work, I prefer to. Not just because it takes me away from drawing comics, but also because it's just annoying having to deal with art editors, and having to read people's articles or books or whatever.

  Chester Brown

  Art, Book, Drawing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done.

  Hilary Liftin

  Book, Done, Used

  "'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.

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• 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

  Philosophy, Stuff, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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• I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor has hacked away at them, and I am used to both editing and being edited. Which is to say that I am not oversensitive in such matters.

  Steig Larsson

  Editing, Matter, Used

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• A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for my eyes only, and they are no good. I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can - that's where most of my prints end up.

  John Sexton

  Photography, Eye, Tools

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

  David Brock

  Trying, Magazines, Cash

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• I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.

  Stockard Channing

  Thinking, Play, Effort

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school newspaper. So I knew that I was a good writer and I wanted to somehow capitalize and sort of utilize a talent that I thought I had.

  Halle Berry

  School, Awards, Talent

  "Halle Berry Is the Perfect Stranger". "MovieWeb" Interview, movieweb.com. April 9, 2007.

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• Poetry is probably the one field of writing in which it is a mistake to try to psych out editors. In fact, specific marketing advice can sometimes harm the novice poet by enticing him to pursue fashions. The poet's best hope is to sound like nobody else, The finest, most enduring poetry constructs a marketplace of its own.

  X. J. Kennedy

  Fashion, Mistake, Writing

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• I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a proven track record of success, so my editors are willing to cut me some slack even when a particular approach is not to their personal taste.

  Grant Morrison

  Cutting, Careers, Track

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2009.

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• I worked as an assistant editor, actually, for a few years. That was right when I was just starting to get out at night and do a lot of stand-up, improv, and sketch work in New York. It really is invaluable. I think it pounded into me an awareness of what an editor wants and needs, in terms of clarity of a moment, where and when to start and stop a line.

  Ed Helms

  New York, Night, Thinking

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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• As an editor, you're constantly dealing with the best way to convey an exchange between two people. So when I'm shooting that, I'm just aware in the back of my head what an editor might want. And also, the problems editors run into when trying to edit performances - it helps me head that off at the pass a little.

  Ed Helms

  Running, Two, People

  Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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• There's a way of thinking that comes with being an editor that is incredibly useful on the set. It's not just a vocabulary thing or a right-to-left thing or script supervisor stuff. It's a way of thinking about the film and the shots and the way they fit together, what you need and what you don't need, and what you can get away with if you have to.

  Joe Dante

  Thinking, Vocabulary, Together

  "INTERVIEW: What You Can Get Away With: The Collegial Cutting Room Collaborators of Joe Dante, Part 2". Interview with Peter Tonguette, www.indiewire.com. January 14, 2012.

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• 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.

  Ed Helms

  Understanding, Cameras, Different

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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

  Michael D. Higgins

  People, Newspapers, Priests

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• I personally made lots of mistakes during my 10-12 years as a newspaper editor. Some of which I felt were big mistakes I have tried to address.

  Rebecca

  Mistake, Years, Addresses

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

  Bill Kovach

  Arguing, Desks, Credibility

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