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> [Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/writing-i-think-is-not-apart-from-living-writing-is-a-kind-of-double/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

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## More by Catherine Drinker Bowen

> [Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/writing-is-not-apart-from-living-writing-is-a-kind-of-double-living/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/a-woman-s-biography-with-about-eight-famous-historical-exceptions-so/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/in-writing-biography-fact-and-fiction-shouldn-t-be-mixed-and-if-they/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [What the writer needs is an empty day ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/what-the-writer-needs-is-an-empty-day-ahead/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [“Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences every thing twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/writing-is-a-kind-of-double-living-the-writer-experiences-every-thing/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [Will the reader turn the page?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/will-the-reader-turn-the-page/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [People who carry a musical soul about them are, I think, more receptive than others. They smile more readily. One feels in them a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/people-who-carry-a-musical-soul-about-them-are-i-think-more-receptive/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/many-a-man-who-has-known-himself-at-ten-forgets-himself-utterly/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/writing-i-think-is-not-apart-from-living-writing-is-a-kind-of-double/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/all-the-others-arts-are-lonely-we-paint-alone-my-picture-my/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [Chamber music - a conversation between friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/chamber-music-a-conversation-between-friends/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/history-is-in-its-essence-exciting-to-present-it-as-dull-is-to-my/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [your concert-goer, though he feed upon symphony as a lamb upon milk, is no true lover if he play no instrument. Your true lover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/your-concert-goer-though-he-feed-upon-symphony-as-a-lamb-upon-milk-is/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [What pioneer ever had chart and a lighthouse to steer by?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/what-pioneer-ever-had-chart-and-a-lighthouse-to-steer-by/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

> [In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/in-early-days-i-tried-not-to-give-librarians-any-trouble-which-was/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

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