"I don't really know what I do as an editor. I've never thought about it, really, except when being interviewed. Because I just do it. It's organic for me, whereas writing is not organic. Which makes it a challenge for me that editing isn't. I'm a fixer. See, my nature is to make things better of what they are." --Robert Gottlieb, who just died at age 92. from a 2011 interview

https://www.salon.com/2011/04/27/robert_gottlieb_interview/