Editing Quotes

There should be no crying in copyediting.

Carol Fisher Saller

Only God gets it right the first time and only a slob says, "Oh well, let it go, that's what copyeditors are for.

There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.

Charles Bukowski

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out if, in any sense, you missed a spot.

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.

Patricia Fuller