“Editing…is not so much a putting together as it is a discovery of a path.” — Walter Murich

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” ― Terry Pratchett

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” ― Jodi Picoult

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
— Thomas Jefferson

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” — Louis L’Amour

“The editor should say, ‘How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?’ and avoid ‘How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?’” — James Thurber