Nobody knows everything-one of the pleasures of language is that there is always something new to learn-and everybody makes mistakes. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
On the printed page, it's best to have everything - you know, to still mind your P's and Q's, dot your I's and cross your T's, yes. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about my job is that it draws on the entire person: not just your knowledge of grammar and… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
There is a phase in the life of every copy editor when she is obsessed with hyphens. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Back in the twentieth century, we thought that robots would have taken over by this time, and, in a way, they have. But robots… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready to pounce. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
“I always wanted to write a book, but it looked really hard: how did you get all the lines to come out even on… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Everybody is a writer. Everybody uses e-mail and has Facebook pages and tweets. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
“I always forget that, in the popular imagination, the copy editor is a bit of a witch, and it surprises me when someone is… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
