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Editors Quotes - Page 20

In early 1970, Newsweek's editors decided that the new women's liberation movement deserved a cover story. There was one problem, however: there were no women to write the piece.

Lynn Povich (2013). “The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace”, p.4, PublicAffairs

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

"Like Mother Like Daughter: PW Talks with Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Scottoline Serritella". Interview with Linda M. Castellitto, www.publishersweekly.com. October 11, 2010.

You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell.

"Front Page story: Chicago's City News office is shut" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2006.

The initial spark usually has something to do with panic -- I'm due to turn in a story to a workshop or an editor. It's a terrible working method.

"Kelly Link, Words by Flashlight". Interview with Lauren McLaughlin, www.sensesfive.com. June 7, 2006.