Quotes from Harold Ross

Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.

The New Yorker will not be edited for the old lady from Dubuque.

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.

Is Moby Dick the whale or the man?

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.