James Ivory Quotes

I don't write with a machine. I write with a pen and a paper, which is what is most comfortable for me.

A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines; I never learned to type very well.

I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

I can write anywhere. But I don't use a computer, and I could never write on a laptop. I hate the sound of computers; it's too dull, like it's not doing anything for you.

The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don't think a great book has yet been written on computer.

I can't imagine ever writing anything of any kind on a machine. I never tried to write either poetry or prose on a typewriter. I like to do it on useless paper, scrap paper, because it's of no importance.

I hate typing but I love to write manually.

I have always preferred paper and ink to a computer screen and I still write most of my lyrics by hand.

I'm very primitive; I write with a pen.

I don't use a computer in writing at all. I'm sort of old-fashioned about it.

I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.

I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.

I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.

My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine.

I don't read anything electronically. I don't write electronically, either - except e-mails to my family and friends. I write in longhand. I have always written first drafts by hand, but I used to write subsequent drafts and insert pages on a typewriter.

I write with my brain. I don't need a computer.

I think now, whenever I write, there is nothing that will really compare to pen and paper.

I love writing with pen and paper; I hate technology.

I don't even own a computer. I write by hand then I type it up on an old manual typewriter. But I cross out a lot - I'm not writing in stone tablets, it's just ink on paper. I don't feel comfortable without a pen or a pencil in my hand. I can't think with my fingers on the keyboard. Words are generated for me by gripping the pen, and pressing the point on the paper.

I have a real aversion to machines. I write with a pen. Then I read it to someone who writes it onto the computer. What are those computer letters made of anyway? Light? Too insubstantial. Paper, you can feel it. A pen. There's a connection. A pen goes exactly at your speed, whereas that machine jumps. And then, that machine is waiting for you, just humming "uh-huh, yes?

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.

I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything.

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I write first drafts with a mechanical pencil and a yellow legal pad. There's good reason for this primitive behavior: I am a crackerjack typist. My hand moves far more quickly than my brain.