Analog Preference Quotes

You can't write poetry on the computer.

Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online.

I still have my laptop but I haven't used it. I'm a paper man, not electronic.

I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So much with digital, there's a disconnect.

I hate flatscreens. I don't want to see anything in that much pixilation. I don't need to see the pimple on someone's face. I love the world through glass. The more old, dusty and tainted that glass is, the prettier and more impressionistic that is to me. I don't need to see everything perfectly. I don't like it.

I don't think much about the digital world... because I am in the analog world!

Don't get me wrong: I can and do waste time on the Internet with the best of them, but in some respects, I am an embarrassingly analog guy. I am not on Facebook. I write whole books on yellow legal pads. I do not own a cell phone.

I love writing with pen and paper; I hate technology.