Bill Walsh Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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