#editor

I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm more proud of that than anything. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#article #asked #automobile #editor #i

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted. ↗

— Joe Shuster

#before #beginning #completely #deadline #deal

When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#editor #hope #i #journalist #out

You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets frustrated. After he pees in it himself, he likes the flavor much better, so he buys it. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#humor #change

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. ↗

— Mark Twain

#delete #editor #every #every time #inclined

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we." ↗

— Mark Twain

#editors #kings #only #people #presidents

A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate. ↗

— John Barton

#editor #intended #journal #literary #reader

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#each #extraterrestrial #fifty #letter #lines

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. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#because #editors #even #i #i think

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. ↗

— Susie Bright

#associated #because #beginning #books #career