You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper, it's not War and Peace anymore; it's comic-book stuff. Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Samuel JohnsonI also admit, that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten.
Samuel JohnsonThose writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Samuel JohnsonPolitics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
Samuel Johnson