Terrence McNally Quotes

We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or not. And if we can't unplug from that machine, eventually we're going to become mindless.

I'm not even speaking to people any more; I just want to be reading my Kindle the whole time!

Kids have so much screen time, and it's a concern. I know how overloaded I can feel sometimes.

I'm desperately trying to unplug. The last thing I want is a watch that connects to my phone which connects to my iPad that connects to my computer that airplays to my TV.

Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.

There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.

I can't play video games or games on my phone because I'll go into a deep vortex, and no one will hear from me for weeks.

If you're constantly stimulated by being called away to the buzzing and the excitement of what's on your phone, solitude seems kind of scary.

I actually have this fantasy of giving up my cell phone.

Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs.

I'm always interested in whatever I can do to not look at my phone.

The idea of just sitting at home on Facebook worries me. I think we should all get out more.

We have a million ways to get ahold of people, and we're the loneliest we've ever been.

I don't think its good for the soul to invest too much of yourself in technology.

I always run without music. Being disconnected is what I'm addicted to more than anything. There aren't many places where you can be without your phone and computer. I've started to crave and enjoy that time alone.

Seriously, how many places on this planet exist in which you get to say to your boss, 'Sorry, but I'm leaving to climb a mountain, and I won't have Wi-Fi or cell service for a week.'

I do like to get away from technology. I still read a lot. Having said that, most of my reading is on computers or a Kindle or an iPad.

Yes, I'm grateful for technology. But I'm also happy for the off switch.

I could live without my phone. And one thing I'd love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the '80s.

I don't try to attach myself to technology so much. I'm on my phone a lot, though, but in the off season, I try to get away from it as much as I can.

If I need a bit of RI&IR, I'd go to the Maldives because technology can't reach you.

Every once in a while I need a break from Instagram; like six hours long.

If I'm on my phone and I'm feeling quite negative, maybe I need to not be on my phone so much.

I'm trying to get to a point where I tell people, if you want to get in touch with me, please don't rely on email. I don't want to be a slave to it.