#editors

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#creditors #dates #debtors #fixed #forgetting

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all "bottom line" editors; everything depends on the money. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#bottom #bottom line #depends #editors #everything

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#corrupt #does #editors #fewer #incorruptible

I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#aware #casualties #civilian #civilian casualties #could

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

In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it’s printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens of people who are dedicated to creating the best possible reading experience for you. ↗

— John Green

#authorship #books #e-books #editors #publishing

There won't be editors in the future with the Internet world, with citizen reporting. That doesn't scare me. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#editors #future #internet #me #reporting

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#away #awful #direction #door #editors

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher! ↗

— Terri Windling

#changed #editors #england #fantasy #get

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. ↗

— Terri Windling

#book #editors #impose #own #plenty