Typewriter Quotes

146 quotes by 118 authors

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and… — Wole Soyinka
I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the… — Tennessee Williams
I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit. — P.G. Wodehouse
I had a TV set and a typewriter and that made me think a computer should be laid out like a typewriter with a video… — Steve Wozniak
I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter. — Howard Rheingold
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? — Woody Allen
First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII â€” and we thought it… — Douglas Adams
When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on the Great Plains… — Louis L'Amour
One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why… — Louis L'Amour
and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is… — Nikki Giovanni
Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon. — Raymond Chandler
Writer's block is real. It happens. Some days you sit down at the old typewriter, put your fingers on the keys, and nothing pops into… — James N. Frey
I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the… — Ernest Hemingway
When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of… — David Sedaris
If I thought that what I'm doing when I write is expressing myself, I'd junk the typewriter. Writing is a much more complicated activity that… — Susan Sontag
Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So, how… — Charles Bukowski
In the old days, writers used to sit in front of a typewriter and stare out of the window. Nowadays, because of the marvels of… — Douglas Adams
I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers… — Madeleine L'Engle
There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a… — Charles Bukowski
Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to… — Isaac Asimov

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