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Typewriter Quotes by Famous Authors

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Composing on the typewriter I find that I am sloughing

1. “Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short, staccato, like modern French prose. The typewriter makes for lucidity, but I am not sure that it encourages subtlety.”

Typewriter, Sentences, Lucidity, Writing Process, Technological Influence, Stylistic Change

I write right off the typer I call it my

2. “I write right off the typer. I call it my “machinegun.” I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies.”

Charles Bukowski

Creative Process, Writing Style, Unique Habits, Typewriter, Music, Wine

I walk into the kitchen look at the typer down

3. “I walk into the kitchen, look at the typer down there on the floor. It’s a dirty floor. It’s a dirty typer that types dirty stories.”

Charles Bukowski

Creative Process, Messy Spaces, Artistic Chaos, Typewriter, Stories, Kitchen

Do some living and get yourself a typewriter

4. “Do some living and get yourself a typewriter.”

Charles Bukowski

Life Experience, Writing Necessities, Personal Growth, Living, Writing, Typewriter

I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a

5. “I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a typewriter.”

Charles Bukowski

Writer’s Power, Creative Danger, Writing Freedom, Typewriter, Creativity, Danger

You can do without a woman but not a typewriter

6. “You can do without a woman but not a typewriter.”

Charles Bukowski

Essential Tools, Writing Necessities, Gender Contrast, Typewriter, Writing, Life