“A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong t...” — Carolyn Wells Quote

“A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.”

“A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.”

“Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.”

“To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.”

“My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.”

“Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its way through to my narrative brain.”