Bill Walsh Quotes

"Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment."
- Bill Walsh
(Related: Compliment, Nothing, Praise)

"Machines 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 Walsh
(Related: Editors, Machines, Word)

"If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked."
- Bill Walsh
(Related: Error, Rules)

"A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines."
- Bill Walsh
(Related: Books, Reality)

"I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses."
- Bill Walsh
(Related: Beginning, Caution, Ending, Quotation)

"Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives."
- Bill Walsh
(Related: Will, Writers, Writing)