“An idea in your head is merely an idle notion. But an idea written down, that's the beginning of something! Stripped down to its… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
The transaction between writer and reader is human civilization's most dazzling feat, yet it's such a part of our lives that it's, well, prosaic. — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
In many ways, the ability to read is the great divide that separates the very young from everyone else. Once we've joined the conspiracy… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
“If the good news from cyberspace is that we're writing more, the bad news is that most of us aren't very good at it.… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
“Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.” — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
“A generation or so after slavery ended, segregationists enacted Jim Crow laws that made it impossible for most blacks to vote in the South.” — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
“First, you need something to organize: ideas, material, scraps of expertise, recipes, prognostications, anecdotes, scurrilous gossip, anything that might be relevant to what you… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
