“A preface to the first edition of “Jane Eyre” being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark.”
“I am a free human being with an independent will."Jane Eyre”
“I am the discoverer of Quantum Editing, the process whereby the amateur editor keeps being changed by the editing he does, requiring him to further edit the manuscript, changing him yet further, etc.”
“Preacher: "This is the word of God!"Constantine: "The edited word of God”
“Words sometimes tumble out before I can self-edit.”
“I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.”