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Quotes by Maxwell Perkins

‘The first thing you must remember: An editor does not add to a book. At best he serves as a handmaiden to an author. Don't ever get to feeling important about yourself, because an editor at most releases energy. He creates nothing.'

'Don't ever get to feeling important about yourself... an editor can only get as much out of an author as the author has in him.'

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