“Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder — and turn quickly to my typewriter.”

“An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again”

Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient

“Often I'd take out my magnifying glass and stare into the chaos that was her face.”

David Sedaris (1956) American author

“In the old days, writers used to sit in front of a typewriter and stare out of the window. Nowadays, because of the marvels of convergent technology, the thing you type on and the window you stare out of are now the same thing.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!”

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer

“I just sit at my typewriter and curse a bit.”

P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) English author

“That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much - in just standing and staring and I was at it again this morning.”

James Herriot (1916–1995) veterinary surgeon and writer

“My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”

Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician

“I still wake with your name on my lips every morning.”

Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer