“Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.”

“Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.”

“I hope this story provokes you as much as it provoked me to write it.”

“Finally the gorilla queen had had enough. She wrote a letter to the editor of Baboons' Home Journal and asked for advice. The editor printed her letter (but in order to protect her privacy, changed her name from 'Gorilla Queen' to 'Worried in the Royal Castle'). The editor suggested hiring a local hunter to take the little troublemaker out into the woods, kill him, and cut his heart out and bring it back. 'Check page 44 of last month's issue for delicious recipes, at just pennies a serving!' she concluded.”

“the Alexandrian man, who is basically a librarian and copy editor and goes miserably blind from the dust of books and printing errors.”

“An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”