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Most editors are just worried about their jobs. They're overwhelmed. They're underpaid. They do the best they can.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

One thing most people don't know is that Steve Jobs is an exceptional designer.

When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.

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

In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors don't want to do is edit. It's not nearly as conducive to a successful career as having lunch out with important agents or going to meetings where you get noticed.

You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life.

The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over.