“I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.” KnowsShouldStillsSchoolAsksNew YorkMagazinesAsk MeEditorsBusiness SchoolReceptionists Author:Andrew Tobias
“There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.” WholeStoriesRunningTodaySchoolBabyProducersEditorsGrammarPillsSchool EducationBoomersBaby BoomerGrammar School Author:Julie Walters
“I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.” WritingSchoolPassionMinesHigh SchoolNewspapersEditorsScholarship Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about each other, and thought it might be nifty to develop a series of books about an anonymous high-school blogger who gossips about her classmates. The concept was passed on to me.” ChildrenBookFactsMightSchoolInternetHigh SchoolConceptsSeriesCaughtSuperiorsTeenagerGossipEditorsChildren's BooksBloggersClassmates Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page.” FirstsSchoolSportsCareersCollegePaperPagesHigh SchoolNewspapersEditorsUnusualEditorials Author:Buzz Bissinger
“[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books, because you don't want to articulate anything in words that is already shown through the pictures.” WantFeelsBookSchoolStyleMomMy MomEditorsEditingStrictOld SchoolPicture Books Author:Jenna Bush
“I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.” SchoolCareersHigh SchoolNewspapersJournalismEditorsNewspaper Editors Author:Ed Asner