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"Quarters of the news editor", one of a group of four photos in the 1900 brochure Seattle and the Orient, which was collectively captioned "The Seattle Daily Times—Editorial Department".

Quotes

  • An editor is a person who knows precisely what he wants, but isn't quite sure.
  • In some companies editors have been told not to sign up anything that can't be counted on to hit at least 50,000 or some other arbitrary figure. Another command from on high is 'buy only bestsellers'.
    • Paul Nathan, The Golden Age of Opportunity
  • An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
    • E. B. White, letter to Shirley Wiley (30 March 1954), in The Letters of E. B. White (1989), p. 391
  • The dictionary definition of editor on Wiktionary