"Dan was a brilliant editor because he didn't edit," Feiffer's first wife, Judy, once said.

They regard Mr. Mehta as a brilliant editor and an abysmal administrator.

Daugherty properly acknowledges the role of Bob Gottlieb, Heller's brilliant editor.

Suzanne is one of the most brilliant editors I know," Ms. Steinem said.

She gives him credit as a brilliant editor, a strange man who wrote endless letters in order to avoid writing books.

Susan Sontag calls him a "fantastic, fanatical, brilliant" editor.

Bleiler described Hoffman as a "tenacious, contentious and brilliant" editor.

Finally, to Kate Miciak, quite honestly the most brilliant editor a girl could have.

"By finding one of the world's most brilliant editors and presenting his reactions to the public."

Later that night, a motorcycle arrived at our house bearing a letter (no emails then) from my otherwise brilliant editor, Max Hastings.