Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Patricia T. O'Conner

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English author Patricia T. O'Conner.

Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Patricia T. O’Conner is the author of five books about the English language. A former editor at The New York Times Book Review, she appears monthly on WNYC as the "word maven" for The Leonard Lopate Show. She has written extensively for The New York Times, including On Language columns, book reviews, and articles for the op-ed page and the Week in Review section.

English - Author | Born: February 19, 1949

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A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

Patricia T. O'Conner

Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.

Patricia T. O'Conner

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 of the literate, once we've crossed over to the land of the reading, everything changes.

Patricia T. O'Conner

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