Advantage Quote by John Irving

Writing on a computer feels like a recipe for writer's block. I can type so fast that I run out of thoughts, and then…

— Chad Harbach

I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I'm not typing. I write only by longhand. I've always written first drafts by hand and then once I was into a second or…

— John Irving

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can't do that…

— Ray Bradbury

I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking…

— Joshua Ferris

I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.

— Georges Simenon

I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard.

— Catherine Fisher

I've tried writing on a computer thinking it would make me more efficient, but if you're writing crummy stuff, being efficient is no help.

— Jennifer Egan

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

I'm such a slow writer I have no need for anything as fast as a word processor. I don't need anything so snappy. I…

— Fran Lebowitz

Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…

— Edward Hirsch