616. How to Make Something from Nothing

1146.751 - 1169.248 Stephen Dubner

I loved being an editor. Editing was the best training for me to be a writer, in part because I saw how many big time writers, when they would turn in their manuscripts, they were terrible. And I thought, holy cow. If they can turn in stuff like that, I can do this. Yes, Pulitzer Prize winners. I was shocked. But it was also just amazing experience and fun. It's really fun to do the work.