My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My …

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My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. ✨ International Herald Tribune, October 07, 1977.
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My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. ✨ International Herald Tribune, October 07, 1977.

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