The "True" secret of successful editing

July 21, 2010

The "True" secret of successful editing

"This, I think, is the sovereign secret of successful editing: the arbitrary attitude. No boards, no committees, no surveys, no IBM machines can replace it." — Ken Purdy, onetime editor of True magazine, quoted by Theodore Peterson in his book "Magazines of the Twentieth Century," 1964.

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When editors were gods

...or thought so, anyway. The geniuses, egomaniacs, do-gooders, and scoundrels behind America's great magazines. Plus apt quotes and assorted magazine lore. * Greg Daugherty, editor

July 21, 2010