272 Quotes About Editors

  • Author Kathryn Minshew
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    As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on who we want our partners to connect with - and makes us look buttoned up, too. SEO firm? Talk to our COO. An editor from the 'Huffington Post?' Meet our Editor-in-Chief.

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  • Author Kyle MacLachlan
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    The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer

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  • Author Laurie Metcalf
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    Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

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  • Author Robert Mankoff
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    As a cartoonist I do what I find funny. As an editor I have a broader approach realizing that humor is inherently subjective and I don't want my preferences to rule out what others might like.

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  • Author Stephenie Meyer
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    When I first started with 'Twilight,' I didn't have any experience. I didn't know what I was doing. So I was pretty intimidated by the editors and the publishers, and I felt like I was a kid in school with the principal telling me what to do! It was hard for me.

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

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  • Author Bill Nye
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    There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as "we"; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm.

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