When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, 'Do you know how to tell if you're doing the job?' As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: 'If you're up at 3 A.M. every night talking into a tape recorder and writing notes on scraps of paper, have a knot in your stomach and a rash on your skin, are losing sleep and losing touch with your wife and kids, have no appetite or sense of humor, and feel that everything might turn out wrong, then you're probably doing the job.'
Bill WalshMachines 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
Bill WalshA harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
Bill WalshI have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.
Bill Walsh