With a word processor I won't type the first few drafts on disk because there is the temptation simply to fiddle with the text, to juggle with it. The word processor is useful to me only for the final draft of the thing. I do think that the word processor for a writer's last draft is a wonderful thing because you can go on and on polishing the thing.


Paris Review (Summer 1997)

Jan Morris Quotes

With a word processor I won't type the first few drafts on disk because there is the temptation simply to fiddle with the text, to juggle with it....

With a word processor I won't type the first few drafts on disk because there is the temptation simply to fiddle with the text, to juggle with it....

With a word processor I won't type the first few drafts on disk because there is the temptation simply to fiddle with the text, to juggle with it....

With a word processor I won't type the first few drafts on disk because there is the temptation simply to fiddle with the text, to juggle with it....