Quote by David J. Peterson

Computers will have to learn that when I quote from some old author who spelled differently from the machine, the wishes of the long-dead…

— Robertson Davies

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

— Alan Perlis

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

— Ben Marcus

We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our language, and…

— Jan Tschichold

Our biggest technology that we ever, ever invented was articulated language with built-out grammar. It is that that allows us to imagine things far…

— Margaret Atwood

With automatic spell checkers running unleashed over what we compose, our era is that of correctly spelled typos.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

No one needs a word processor if he has an efficient secretary.

— Robertson Davies

It always comes down to script and characters.

— Tom Bateman

Most writers I know have switched to word processors. I haven't but I'm very curious about why people like it so much. I think…

— Susan Sontag

We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do that.

— Aleksandar Hemon

“In the seventies I used to work in the bedroom of my flat at a little table. I worked in longhand with a fountain…

— Ian McEwan

Whenever I try to do anything on a typewriter, it's like having this machine between me and the words; what comes out is not…

— Chinua Achebe