The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Spreadsheet: a kind of program that lets you sit at your desk and ask all kinds of neat "what if?" questions and… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day -… — Ted Bell Copy Share Image
I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Writing helped to have jobs that involved running around, pushing things like dish carts and wheelbarrows. It would be hard to sit… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
In the days that follow, he begins to remember things about Moushumi, images that come to him without warning while he is… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
It is not the thinker who is the true king of men, as we sometimes hear it proudly said. We need one… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Metal shades only give directional lighting, which is great for a desk or work area, but not for ambient lighting. Fabric shades… — Emily Henderson Copy Share Image
I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into… — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
Some people may have noticed the new computer shelf at the anchor desk. Rather than phone calls, we want to take real… — Catherine Crier Copy Share Image
A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Oh, terrific," Dan muttered. "Just what we need. Another code! Why can't people just say what they mean? Why can't they say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I get up and I have coffee and I speak to no man and I go to my desk. — Hortense Calisher Copy Share Image
There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is the greatest joy. Animation is never as good as when I'm sitting at that desk drawing. Even when… — Glen Keane Copy Share Image
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the… — Stevie Jackson Copy Share Image
