Adam Moss

It's very rarely what people think of as editors, which is the person who fixes sentences. Although you did your share of that. I did my share of that, but that's not the chief job description. The chief job description is the overall direction of the thing.

It's very rarely what people think of as editors, which is the person who fixes sentences. Although you did your share of that. I did my share of that, but that's not the chief job description. The chief job description is the overall direction of the thing.

I agree that I'm exacting. I would like to think that I was a little bit more clear about what it was that I was looking for, but I recognize that that's probably completely not true. And what I was doing was a kind of maddening mind control. It's a spectrum.

I agree that I'm exacting. I would like to think that I was a little bit more clear about what it was that I was looking for, but I recognize that that's probably completely not true. And what I was doing was a kind of maddening mind control. It's a spectrum.

I agree that I'm exacting. I would like to think that I was a little bit more clear about what it was that I was looking for, but I recognize that that's probably completely not true. And what I was doing was a kind of maddening mind control. It's a spectrum.

Being an editor, it's both an act of grandiosity and humility at the same time. So it's like you have to think big, but you have to understand that it really is a group project. And for any group project to work, everybody has to feel like there's some of them in it. And they have to feel invested in it, and they have to feel proud of it.

Being an editor, it's both an act of grandiosity and humility at the same time. So it's like you have to think big, but you have to understand that it really is a group project. And for any group project to work, everybody has to feel like there's some of them in it. And they have to feel invested in it, and they have to feel proud of it.

Being an editor, it's both an act of grandiosity and humility at the same time. So it's like you have to think big, but you have to understand that it really is a group project. And for any group project to work, everybody has to feel like there's some of them in it. And they have to feel invested in it, and they have to feel proud of it.

They have to want to make it just as badly as you want to make it. And so part of the exacting hood was not just getting people to a certain standard that I thought was appropriate, but also getting people to care as much as I did. How much of that was in the hiring, though? A lot of it's in the hiring, but a lot of it's also in the sort of day-to-day way that you all get together as a group.

They have to want to make it just as badly as you want to make it. And so part of the exacting hood was not just getting people to a certain standard that I thought was appropriate, but also getting people to care as much as I did. How much of that was in the hiring, though? A lot of it's in the hiring, but a lot of it's also in the sort of day-to-day way that you all get together as a group.

They have to want to make it just as badly as you want to make it. And so part of the exacting hood was not just getting people to a certain standard that I thought was appropriate, but also getting people to care as much as I did. How much of that was in the hiring, though? A lot of it's in the hiring, but a lot of it's also in the sort of day-to-day way that you all get together as a group.

A lot of it is just familial as opposed to directed towards a particular task. A lot of it is helping people find their own independence as thinkers, but also obviously think the way you want them to for the purposes of this project. Like a parent, I suppose, I would always... relish the first moment that a story editor was willing to fight with me because I just felt, okay, they've got it now.

A lot of it is just familial as opposed to directed towards a particular task. A lot of it is helping people find their own independence as thinkers, but also obviously think the way you want them to for the purposes of this project. Like a parent, I suppose, I would always... relish the first moment that a story editor was willing to fight with me because I just felt, okay, they've got it now.

A lot of it is just familial as opposed to directed towards a particular task. A lot of it is helping people find their own independence as thinkers, but also obviously think the way you want them to for the purposes of this project. Like a parent, I suppose, I would always... relish the first moment that a story editor was willing to fight with me because I just felt, okay, they've got it now.

They have their strong point of view, getting people to feel independent within an environment that they weren't entirely independent. It's a kind of weird little equilibrium, but that was what I was after.

They have their strong point of view, getting people to feel independent within an environment that they weren't entirely independent. It's a kind of weird little equilibrium, but that was what I was after.

They have their strong point of view, getting people to feel independent within an environment that they weren't entirely independent. It's a kind of weird little equilibrium, but that was what I was after.

I recognize that there's mentorship going on. It sounds pretentious to call yourself a mentor unless it's like an actual title. One's a little bit squeamish about using language like that, but the act of teaching someone, I do recognize, is crucial to being, definitely to leading, but also just, you're learning all the time.

I recognize that there's mentorship going on. It sounds pretentious to call yourself a mentor unless it's like an actual title. One's a little bit squeamish about using language like that, but the act of teaching someone, I do recognize, is crucial to being, definitely to leading, but also just, you're learning all the time.

I recognize that there's mentorship going on. It sounds pretentious to call yourself a mentor unless it's like an actual title. One's a little bit squeamish about using language like that, but the act of teaching someone, I do recognize, is crucial to being, definitely to leading, but also just, you're learning all the time.