Quotes for All
I don’t have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I’m searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can’t always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I’m not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated. … Read more
Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind – which become the seeds of plot. It’s scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there … Read more
Bingo!! Once again, privatization–*total* privatization–is the best solution. Get government, and government-sanctioned business collectives, out of the health ‘care’ picture entirely and, just maybe, I can go back to typing the word ‘care’ (in relation to ‘health’) without the quotes. 🙂 Edward Britton
Naturally, no writer who’s any good at all would sit down and put a sheet of paper in a typewriter and start typing a play unless he knew what he was writing about. Edward Albee
I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I’m on the computer when the story ‘hits’, I open a Word document and start typing until I get it all out. I’ve got tons of notes that I never throw out. You never know when a story will strike! Franny Armstrong
Writing novels reminds me of being an awkward 15-year-old typing on a Commodore 64 in his bedroom, trying to be the next Stephen King. Duane Swierczynski
It turns out that strong typing does not eliminate the need for careful testing. And I have found in my work that the sorts of errors that strong type checking finds are no the errors I worry about. Douglas Crockford
The reason that I’m considered to be prolific is just because I’m a good listener. It literally is me taking dictation when I write. I’m listening and typing as fast as I’m hearing the words. Doreen Virtue
I started typing diary in, I don’t know, 1978 or ’79, but then the computer changed that a lot. Because with the computer if you were writing and you realized you had three sentences in a row that started with the word he, you could fix that right up, whereas on a typewriter you’d think, … Read more
Several years ago we had an intern who was none too swift. One day he was typing and turned to a secretary and said, I’m almost out of typing paper. What do I do? Just use copier machine paper, she told him. With that, the intern took his last remaining blank piece of paper, put … Read more