In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble; they exist for it, they are geared to it. For the location of a mislaid volume, an uncatalogued item, your good librarian has a ferretโs nose. Give her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle.
Catherine Drinker BowenFor your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
Catherine Drinker BowenIn writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.
Catherine Drinker Bowen