A thought on why cats pair well with writers

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”
— Robertson Davies

A note: the cat above was Bellybutton, the much beloved cat Martha and I lived with for about 15 years. He was a street cat in Ottawa who barged his way through a friend’s bathroom window. She couldn’t keep a pet, so he came to us … and came back with us to St. John’s. A wonderful tabby, Bellybutton was a terrific companion for writing, sitting nearby while I typed, purring from time to time, only intruding when he needed food or (I’d like to think) when he knew I needed coffee.