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It's not good for me to see things while they're being edited. I can be highly critical, so I try to stay away.

If you're not in the hands of an expert editor, you really can go wrong in a lot of different ways.

I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.

Writers have to put up with this editor thing; it is ageless and eternal and wrong.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor.

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it up because sometimes it's almost illegible, and if I wait, I might not be able to read it the next day.