Why? Because the typewriter is such a heavy, final instrument — it demands conviction of thought. There’s no screwing around with a typewriter; you’d better mean what you say, since it’s going to be a bitch to remove those words from the page. And if you’ve got carbon paper… well, let’s just say you’d better mean those words. No screwing around.
For mild spirits.
All Around the Town
You grow up with it, always in your mind, occupying a special place. Even if you aren’t fully aware at the time.
When you’re born, it isn’t mentioned. It’s not you, and as everyone knows, you are the star of your own birth. Therefore it does not show up. But at the time you don’t care. […]