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"I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a whole novel on scrap paper, scribbles and things. I keep looking at it and something develops. For me, using a word processor would mean staring at a screen for too many hours."
"I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers - where you repeat what you've already said with phrases like 'In summation', and 'To conclude'."
"He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening."
"It Was Once Suggested to Me that, as an Antidote to Crying, I Put My Head in a Paper Bag."
"I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth."
"I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet."
"He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky."
"I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings."
