"I am trying to get the hang..." - Quote by Mark Twain
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this is the first attempt I have ever made & yet I perceive I shall soon & easily acquire a fine facility in its use. ... The machine has several virtues. I believe it will print faster than I can write. One may lean back in his chair & work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around. Of course it saves paper.
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More on Technology
“The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is - it's not about what the size of the car is.”
“Who in their right mind would ever need more than 640k of ram!?”
“This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.”
More on Writing
“From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new thing truer than anything true and alive, and you make it alive, and if you make it well enough, you give it immortality.”
“I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.”
“Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.”