saunaboy posted: " Interviewer: Has technology, notably the advent of the word processor, changed your technique or style in any way? Morris: I do use a word processor, but it hasn't changed my writing in any way whatsoever. The belief that style and mental capacity d"  | saunaboy February 28 | Interviewer: Has technology, notably the advent of the word processor, changed your technique or style in any way? Morris: I do use a word processor, but it hasn't changed my writing in any way whatsoever. The belief that style and mental capacity depend upon the instrument one uses is a superstition. I will write with anything at any time. I've used then all - the fountain pen, manual typewriter, electric typewriter - and none have made the slightest difference. But 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. (From a 1997 interview with Jan Morris in 'The Paris Review Interviews' vol III) On an interesting side note, Jan Morris was born James Humphrey Morris in 1926 and underwent a complete sex change in 1972. At the time of this interview Morris still lived with his/her former wife. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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