Bill Walsh

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.

The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.

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.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic.

To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines dont allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper.

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Writing headlines is a specialty there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldnt write a headline to save their lives.