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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.

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

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.

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

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

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

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.