Firsts Quote by John Irving Download Open image “I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts Writing Written
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I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
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I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way. — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
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Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
You sort of can't talk about the post production unless you talk about what comes first. — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
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When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
