Composing Quote by Tom Robbins

“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

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

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

— Gene Fowler

I write by ear. I tried writing with the typewriter, but I found it too unwieldy

— Groucho Marx

Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office,…

— D. B. Weiss

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

— Marshall McLuhan

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

What I find is that many times when I work with chance, with indeterminacy, I am more open to experience, less prone to a…

— Sergio Chejfec

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

— Richard Ford

Prior to 1980, people used to dictate to a secretary for preparing written documents and that person would then punch keys on a typewriter.…

— Shiva Ayyadurai