Quotes About Adaptation

I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.

I type most of my books for the first chapter or two - I use a manual typewriter for the first 50 pages or so - and then I move to the computer. It helps me keep the work lean so I don't end up spending 10 pages describing a leaf.

Gibson wrote 'Neuromancer' on a typewriter, you know, before the technology he was writing about existed.

I remember being two, maybe, and hearing my mum's typewriter in the other room and sticking my hands under the door and screaming, 'Mum! Mum!' I was so angry she wouldn't come out. I got used to it quickly.

When you can't change what's bothering you, one typical response is to convince yourself that it doesn't actually bother you.

Marriage has changed Himmanshoo in some ways. Throughout our 10 years of courtship, he was more liberal. But after marriage, he has become a typical Indian husband.

I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.

You never stop learning in F1. It's the typical thing that all drivers say, but it's absolutely true. But also, apart from driving, you learn a bit about the political side of F1. People don't realise how much there is outside the car.

My accent is not very refined as it has the typical U.P. touch. So I am trying to overcome that.

Getting to prove yourself in a room that's not your typical demo is an experience every comic should try. It makes you better.

Dancing like a typical Hindi film hero was a bit strange at first but I enjoyed it.

We've never been your typical family. We've moved a lot.

A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely.

I felt like I haven't had the typical experience of a novelist whose book becomes a movie.

When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being a mother, with my mum showing me how to do things.

Some of those 10, nine-year vets, they know some things that your typical college senior wouldn't. I've come across some guards in the NFL that know how to use their hands better than D-linemen in college. I guess they've learned from their enemies.

It's typical at Real Madrid that we often seem to be going through a revolution.

Indian men need to break the typical mentality. I've lived abroad and now that I'm here, I see a huge difference.

Actually, I am a typical middle-class girl.

I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers.

I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand.

So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.

As Mike Tyson says, everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth. The one thing we know about American presidential politics is you're going to get hit in the mouth.