Notepads Quotes

• I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Teacher, Writing, Creative

  "Q&A: Garrett Hedlund 'On the road,' on illegal drugs, getting naked and Twihards" by Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. December 18, 2012.

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• I don't want to blame anybody, but I just want to tell you that the process of writing is antisocial, so on the days that you have something really important to write, go from lying down directly to your notepad or your computer. Do not talk.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Lying, Writing, Important

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer 2008.

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• I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I'm on the computer when the story 'hits', I open a Word document and start typing until I get it all out. I've got tons of notes that I never throw out. You never know when a story will strike!

  Franny Armstrong

  Vacation, Stories, Computer

  Source: romancing-the-book.com

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• I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

  James Vincent McMorrow

  Writing, Kind, Persons

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• I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.

  Kenny Chesney

  Next Day, Next

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• I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.

  Kurt Cobain

  Creativity, Writing, Pieces

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• Have you finished your column for tomorrow's headline?" It was Vee. She came up beside me, jotting notes on the notepad she carried everywhere. "I'm thinking of writing mine on the injustice of seating charts. I got paired with a girl who said she just finished lice treatment this morning.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Girl, Morning, Writing

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• It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon. Opal tapped this into her notepad. Reminder. Shoot down the moon? Viable?

  Eoin Colfer

  Team, Moon, Tunnels

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• I bet," said Mulch, "that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn." Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer. Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.

  Eoin Colfer

  Fire, Pockets, Suggestions

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• I'm a bit of an insomniac. I'm always thinking. I've got a lot of ideas for lyrics and shows. I have a notepad by the side of the bed and voice recorders around the house.

  Kid Rock

  Thinking, Ideas, Voice

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• I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it’s much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad.

  Seymour Cray

  Today, Computer, Turns

  "Video History interview". Interview witn David K. Allison for the Smithsonian Institution, May 9, 1955.

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• It was almost noon when the plane touched down at the Triad airport on the outskirts of Greensboro. There was a hire car waiting for me; I waved my notepad at the dashboard to transmit my profile, then waited as the seating and controls rearranged themselves slightly, piezoelectric actuators humming. As I started to reverse out of the parking bay, the stereo began a soothing improvisation, flashing up a deadpan title: Music for Leaving Airports 11 June 2008.

  Greg Egan

  June, Airports, Car

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