Writing on a computer makes saving what’s been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
Author : P. J. O’Rourke
Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
I remember, when I first rapped, I was writing raps. I don’t write raps at all; I stopped early. I don’t know – it seems like every day I find something a little bit easier.
Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
Writing is agony. I hate it.
The one thing that’s terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.
Writing on a computer makes saving what’s been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
The one thing that’s terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.
The library, with its Daedalian labyrinth, mysterious hush, and faintly ominous aroma of knowledge, has been replaced by the computer’s cheap glow, pesky chirp, and data spillage.