#editor

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor. ↗

— Studs Terkel

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Great poets are great copy editors. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #editors #literature #literature-quotes #poetry

It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#been #both #coin #confidence #credit

I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear. ↗

— D. B. Sweeney

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Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#because #book #book writing #case #different

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#book #book writing #edit #editor #enjoyable

And the big issue here, I think, is that the publisher took over the editorial pages, a guy named Jeff Johnson. He's an accountant from Chicago, doesn't know anything about what newspapers are supposed to be about, and he made a decision to get rid of the column. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#accountant #anything #big #big issue #chicago

Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we always acted as our own editor, so the question has no answer. ↗

— Joe Simon

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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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