Quotes About Copy Editing

#1. If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

Bill Walsh

#2. MG was nearly mythical, other than my entries - no interaction with users on
the off chance one was a Fernoza on the troll. And today proved I couldn't take a stranger bearing gifts at face-value.

A.E.H. Veenman

#3. Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing but also take an active part in marketing and publicizing their work.

Sara Sheridan

#4. He did not want to go to his grave knowing he had risked nothing for the woman he wanted. He wasn't an ass, though. Or if he was, he did not wish to give her incontrovertible evidence of the fact. What to say to her, then, when he knew he was likely to speak too gruffly?

Carolyn Jewel

#5. Getting filled with Him first so I could love and give and serve out of an overflow rather than relying on my own strength.

Lysa TerKeurst

#6. There should be no crying in copyediting.

Carol Fisher Saller

#7. Self publishing' is not as easy as it is portrayed! When you think you have finished your book, proof read, proof read again, and again, and again. Don't believe it is ready until you have a hard copy proofed!

Phil Simpkin

#8. Nobody's ever been arrested for a murder; they have only ever been arrested for not planning it properly.

Terry Hayes

#9. My heart will not beat again until my sight rests upon your emerald eyes, he whispered into my ear.

Nely Cab

#10. How delightful it is to be here.(Gym) If only one could spend one's entire life in this state of easygoing physical democracy.

Christopher Isherwood

#11. Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here.

Charles Barkley