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I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one eye on the mirror to see how you're doing, you're not doing it as well as you can. Don't think about publishing, don't think about editors, don't think about marketplace.

~Andre Dubus Iii

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'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

~Azzedine Alaia

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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

Topics: Anonymous Because Editors Even Identification Insist Journalists Just Just Because Lazy More Ought Precise Remain Some Sources Sure Think Use I Think

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You can write ten versions of a scene, and then, on the day, discover that something in the original scene worked. It's hard on writers. Hard on actors, hard on editors, hard on me, hard on the producers, who require patience and confidence. But I can't get to the end without going through this process.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Actor Confidence Day Discover Editors End Get Going Hard Me Original Patience Process Producers Require Scene Something Ten Then Through Versions Who Without Worked Write Writers You

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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

~Bill Joy

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There's a lot of stuff they don't teach you in the mythical editors' school. They don't teach you that you're going to have to spend a lot of your life in crisis management.

~Bill Keller

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Since September 11 2001, editors in America have faced some excruciating choices, as the attempt to wage a war against a new kind of enemy sometimes strained the boundaries of our laws and values.

~Bill Keller

Topics: Against America Attempt Boundaries Choices Editors Enemy Excruciating Faced Kind Laws New New Kind Our September Since Some Sometimes Values Wage War

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Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper.

~Bill Walsh

Topics: Appears Copy Editors Every Machines More Much Paper Read Replacing Tool Use Who Word

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I don't think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don't think anybody else does.

~Billy Collins

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A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.'

~Bob Shacochis

Topics: Agents Bunch Editors Effect Get Good Good Writer Grow Grow Up Looked Novel Pretty Pretty Good Published Said Should Stories Touch Up Whole Write Writer You

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