“[While writing], I'll go anywhere I find that is quiet, has no internet. I have a big internet problem.” WritingProblemBigsInternetQuiet Author:Michael Chabon
“This is why the social networks are successful actually, because we are living in a society where people are frustrated with living their own life but in a quiet world so thats why with the internet they are creating a new world and that is why society has changed a lot in the space of 10 years.” PeopleWorldYearsSocialSpaceSuccessfulChangedInternetQuietCreatingNew WorldFrustratedSocial Network Author:Emmanuel Petit
“I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need a lot of quiet and solitude, and I'm so easily distracted. I mean, the Internet is enough to deal with.” KnowsNeedsMeanCountryDoneEnoughDealsCitiesKnow HowNew YorkInternetSolitudeQuietNew York CityDistractedLiving In The Country Author:Alison Bechdel
“Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.” PeopleIfsLastsVoiceGrowingTreeMinesInternetQuietWeakSentencesConclusionCensorshipCollapseLast WordsWhatever You SayQuiet Voice Author:Ai Weiwei
“Every good writer I know needs to go into some deep, quiet place to do work that is fully imagined. And what the Internet brings is lots of vulgar data. It is the antithesis of the imagination. It leaves nothing to the imagination.” KnowsNeedsImaginationInternetQuietDataVulgarGood WritersAntithesisQuiet Place Author:Jonathan Franzen