Five Great Quotations about Editing

“It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.” – C. J. Cherryh

"PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible." – Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”

"I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." – Truman Capote

“Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer’s need to change another writer's copy.” – Arthur Evans

“Books aren’t written, they’re rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it...” – Michael Crichton

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