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One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author. — Jackie Kennedy

A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well. — B.A. Gabrielle

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. ( ... )
A good novel editor is invisible. — Terri Windling

I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. — Dave Eggers

It generally takes me about nine months from the point the book is conceived to the point my editor sends it off to be typeset. — Julia London

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me. — Chuck Klosterman

The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the feedback that you need to produce a good book. — Christopher Darden

I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker. — Lisa Graff

The Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. — Jasper Fforde

An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better. — Guy Kawasaki

As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response. — David Bergen

This editor is a critic. He has pulled out his carving-knife and his tomahawk and is starting after a book which he is going to have for breakfast. — Mark Twain

I have an idea for a new book. It's a novel about a beautiful yet sensitive author whose spirit is crushed by her domineering editor. Do you like it? — Annie Barrows

I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done. — Hilary Liftin

Hook your editor with a strong opening sentence to bring attention to your writing. — W. Terry Whalin