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"Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, 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?"
- Thurber, James

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11836/">Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, 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?</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7236/">Thurber, James</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/editing_and_editors/">Editing and Editors</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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