Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counselling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, 'How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?' and avoid 'How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?'
James ThurberUnless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
James ThurberThere are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber