Writers & Editors (Raquel)
“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.” John Gardner
“Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.” Elbert Hubbard
“An editor makes outrageous claims that the story has to fit together. He forces you to choose between a favorite character and a plot you worked very hard on merely because they are mutually exclusive .” Raquel Mutton
“Everyone needs an editor.” Tim Foote
Sometime when you’re over here, ask Gabrielle to dig out the opening to a P.G. Wodehouse story “How Gowf Came to Oom”. Best editor description. Evar.
And everyone does need an editor, and don’t you forget it.