Annoying Quote by Oscar Wilde

“(musicians always make straight for the piano in anybody’s house, unlike writers, who can ignore a typewriter in the same room forever.)” -- margaret…

— Margaret Harriman

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

Using a typewriter, at times, feels more like playing piano than jotting down notes, a percussive exercise in expressing thought that is both tortuous…

— Mary Pilon

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…

— Susan Sontag

“There is, however, a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like part…

— Tom Robbins

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.

— David Mamet

“Often the things that pop out of my typewriter regale me, especially when I am trying to say something else and in a different…

— Tom Robbins

There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like a part…

— Tom Robbins

After all, most writing is done away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I'd say it occurs in the quiet, silent moments, while…

— Henry Miller

I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines.

— Fran Lebowitz

A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it.

— Marshall McLuhan

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

— Gene Fowler