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- Nov 07, 2020
Computer Screen Quotes
On staring at the screen too long.
These quotes come mostly from writers describing a familiar trade-off, working at the screen until their eyes are burning, then craving any excuse to look Away from it.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.
- Drafts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I write first drafts with a mechanical pencil and a yellow legal pad. There's good reason for this primitive behavior: I am a crackerjack typist. My hand moves far more quickly than my brain.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't read a computer screen and never use a calculator. It's all in my head and by hand.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen every day and then to make it come alive with characters and with plot is incredibly exciting and at the same time terrifying and frustrating, and sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes really hard.
- Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always preferred paper and ink to a computer screen and I still write most of my lyrics by hand.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because someone can sit behind a computer screen and have a different name and hide themselves, they feel like they can do anything to anyone.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual that's happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every night, I will write until I'm done. Until my eyes are burning and tearing, and I can't see the computer screen anymore, till I finish the script, till I get to the point where I'm happy stopping, till I get everything off my plate, because I hate going to bed with a full plate. It makes me very neurotic.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004. On February 5, we were feeling pretty confident, even from observing the first few hours of usage. Students used it like crazy. They'd sign up then spend the next 3-4 hours on it. Then we'd go to lecture hall and see it on every computer screen there.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a beautiful platter of various fruits as my computer screen saver. It's a constant reminder to eat healthy! It helps me to make healthier food choices throughout my day.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all day in a room by yourself, juggling nouns and verbs to make a demanding editor happy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020