Staring out of windows

"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window." -Burton Rascoe

My son had this and two other quotations engraved on brass plates. He affixed the plates on stepping-stones and gave them to me for Father's Day last year. I placed all three out where I could see them when I barbecue. What a treat Rasco's quote is to read. Every time I read it, I laugh. The words he used, though simple enough, bring to mind James Thurber's character, Walter Mitty (from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). Poor Mitty, poor Rascoe, but what about all of those wives with husbands staring out of windows?


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