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Editors Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Editors of conservative magazines aren’t out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank Picture Quote #1

Successful model? That’s a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it’s wonderful Picture Quote #1

I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into Picture Quote #1

Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers Picture Quote #1

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After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great Picture Quote #1

You should never settle for what you think is just good. You should drive the editors and writers and everybody nuts until it’s great. And if you don’t go for great, you won’t end up with good. You’ve got to go beyond your wildest dreams because the exigencies of filmmaking are going to smash you into the ordinary Picture Quote #1

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don’t know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they’re always looking for something new Picture Quote #1

It’s the first time in the history of the world that creatives are also distributors. And that’s very profound if you think that up until the recent history, permission was required for us to be able to share work at any sort of scale. We had to get permission from galleries, from ad agencies or photo editors to be able to have our work out there. And now anybody with access to a computer can show their work in 200 countries around the world Picture Quote #1

Don’t market yourself. Editors and readers don’t know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We’re very good at organizing and discipline and patience, and patience is 50 per cent of editing. You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that Picture Quote #1

When I wrote my blog and went to fashion week, I got a lot of shade from older editors about paying my dues and educating myself. I get where they were coming from, but it’s also weird now to see their institutions scramble to use the internet in a way that’s not savvy, but genuinely effective and exciting to people. I’ve been doing that for years Picture Quote #1

All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck Picture Quote #1

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up Picture Quote #1

Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end? Picture Quote #1

To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – which, incidentally, is what really destroyed the old world of kings and aristocracies. Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control Picture Quote #1

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When new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. We must study the reasons for failure and learn. It’s not about struggle with our limitations or with public or the publishers. It’s more about treating it like in aikido; the strength of the attack is used to defeat him with the same effort Picture Quote #1

The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so they can leave their fingerprints. Every creative medium has those guys, and they’re all loathsome Picture Quote #1

Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free to say what they like only as long as their bosses like what they say. They are free to produce what they want if their product remains within acceptable political boundaries. You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when your stray that you feel the restraining tug Picture Quote #1

I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be Picture Quote #1

The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading Picture Quote #1

While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they keep reducing space for the one feature that attracts new young readers in the first place; the comic strips Picture Quote #1

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None of the editors I’ve worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They’ve never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events Picture Quote #1

I’ve hung around in absolute exhaustion and starvation waiting for an idea to hit, which might have been months. I’ve talked things over with editors, found out what they wanted, and when they wanted it delivered Picture Quote #1

Making final judgements about poets, cities or regions on the basis of an anthology is always dangerous: anthologies are mirages created, finally, by their editors Picture Quote #1

What a pity when editors review a woman’s book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead Picture Quote #1

The unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives Picture Quote #1

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published Picture Quote #1

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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 (Editors Quotes) Editors of conservative magazines aren’t out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank (Editors Quotes) Successful model? That’s a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise (Editors Quotes) There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it’s wonderful (Editors Quotes) I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into (Editors Quotes) Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers (Editors Quotes) After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great (Editors Quotes) You should never settle for what you think is just good. You should drive the editors and writers and everybody nuts until it’s great. And if you don’t go for great, you won’t end up with good. You’ve got to go beyond your wildest dreams because the exigencies of filmmaking are going to smash you into the ordinary (Editors Quotes) Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them (Editors Quotes) Don’t try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don’t know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they’re always looking for something new (Editors Quotes) It’s the first time in the history of the world that creatives are also distributors. And that’s very profound if you think that up until the recent history, permission was required for us to be able to share work at any sort of scale. We had to get permission from galleries, from ad agencies or photo editors to be able to have our work out there. And now anybody with access to a computer can show their work in 200 countries around the world (Editors Quotes) Don’t market yourself. Editors and readers don’t know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death (Editors Quotes) I’m not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We’re very good at organizing and discipline and patience, and patience is 50 per cent of editing. You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that (Editors Quotes) When I wrote my blog and went to fashion week, I got a lot of shade from older editors about paying my dues and educating myself. I get where they were coming from, but it’s also weird now to see their institutions scramble to use the internet in a way that’s not savvy, but genuinely effective and exciting to people. I’ve been doing that for years (Editors Quotes) All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck (Editors Quotes) Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up (Editors Quotes) Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end? (Editors Quotes) To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – which, incidentally, is what really destroyed the old world of kings and aristocracies. Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control (Editors Quotes) When new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. We must study the reasons for failure and learn. It’s not about struggle with our limitations or with public or the publishers. It’s more about treating it like in aikido; the strength of the attack is used to defeat him with the same effort (Editors Quotes) The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so they can leave their fingerprints. Every creative medium has those guys, and they’re all loathsome (Editors Quotes) Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free to say what they like only as long as their bosses like what they say. They are free to produce what they want if their product remains within acceptable political boundaries. You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when your stray that you feel the restraining tug (Editors Quotes) I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be (Editors Quotes) The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading (Editors Quotes) While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they keep reducing space for the one feature that attracts new young readers in the first place; the comic strips (Editors Quotes) None of the editors I’ve worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They’ve never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events (Editors Quotes) I’ve hung around in absolute exhaustion and starvation waiting for an idea to hit, which might have been months. I’ve talked things over with editors, found out what they wanted, and when they wanted it delivered (Editors Quotes) Making final judgements about poets, cities or regions on the basis of an anthology is always dangerous: anthologies are mirages created, finally, by their editors (Editors Quotes) What a pity when editors review a woman’s book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead (Editors Quotes) The unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives (Editors Quotes) For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published (Editors Quotes)

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