"He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing."

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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.14, Da Capo Press

A. E. Hotchner

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Typewriters Quotes

“It's good to talk to people and get ideas.”
“What affected me most profoundly was the realization that the sciences of cryptography and mathematics are very elegant, pure sciences. I found that the ends for which these pure sciences are used are less elegant.”

Source : Jonathan P. Binstock, Jim Sanborn (2003). “Atomic Time: Pure Science and Seduction”, Corcoran Gallery Of Art
“The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party.”

Source : "Why Tea Party women lead the charge". www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2010.
“The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute”
“When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry.”
“What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.”
“I never wish to be easily defined.”
“I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.”

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