If an editor (me) writes a love letter to editors, is that self-love? As if a real editor would care. I've met a lot of them, and they are indeed selective regarding what they care about - chiefly that a good headline leads to a good bottom-line. Admittedly they don't all have ulcers, aren't all males in their fifties and do occasionally even go home..
Editors love money and power as much as any other person in a position to obtain and wield it; but most of them do their best to withhold the great secret that they would do their jobs for nothing - or a lot less than they are getting. And this is why I love the 'classic' portrayal of movie editors, which is in itself a stereotype that doesn't bear very close scrutiny with the real-life counterparts of these cigar-chewing monsters: you've just got to admire...
Editors love money and power as much as any other person in a position to obtain and wield it; but most of them do their best to withhold the great secret that they would do their jobs for nothing - or a lot less than they are getting. And this is why I love the 'classic' portrayal of movie editors, which is in itself a stereotype that doesn't bear very close scrutiny with the real-life counterparts of these cigar-chewing monsters: you've just got to admire...
- 6/15/2012
- Shadowlocked
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