“I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.” PeopleThinkingWayPersonsBookUseWould BeHateTurnsReadingLostVoiceInternetI HateShyCompellingSite Author:Marisha Pessl
“We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.” PeopleKnowsDifferentJobsTurnsLiteratureBitsCompanyHeardInternetNewsAssumingRadioEveningCablesTurn-on Author:Bob Schieffer
“You go to your TV to turn your brain off. You go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on.” WantInspirationalTurnsBrainTvsInternetComputerFree Speech Author:Steve Jobs
“The Internet is really our meeting place. We have this amazing listserv. Every time I log onto it I feel a sense of pride, because if you log on and say, "Oh I was just in San Diego and I was in a park and I saw a lion," the flurry of replies on average is just like--wow! All these existential questions about what it means to be an African, and never having seen a lion at home, but having seen a lion here. Everything you say turns into this real philosophical debate--it's incredible in so many ways. And it's an invigorating place to be.” IfsWayFeelsMeanRealHomeTurnsSawsPrideInternetPhilosophicalMeetingsIncrediblesAverageDebateParksLionsWowExistentialInvigoratingSan Diego Author:Chris Abani
“I'm trying to stay open to the idea that the Internet is not the evil foe of publishing but the handmaiden that will turn out to be a blessing for poets and writers.” TryingIdeasTurnsEvilPoetInternetBlessingPublishingFoe Author:Joan Larkin
“Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.” ThinkingWayBelieveStillsFilmTurnsTvsIndustryInternetPhonesCinemaFilm IndustryI Still Believe Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Turns out, theres not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet.” TurnsInformationInternetPickles Author:Brian Posehn
“Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you need to, and disengage when you need to. Technology is a good servant but a bad master.” WayNeedsTurnsTechnologyFiguresMastersInternetLimitsPhonesServantEmailTurn OffAuthentic Happiness Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again.” ThinkingHardTurnsInternetPrivacy Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined.” PeopleIfsEndsTurnsStuffShareHugeInternetPercentEntertainmentStreamsAdsMore MoneyTrafficRevenue Author:Kim Dotcom
“After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.” WorldWritingTurnsMemoriesSpaceMonthsInternetDaughterPsychicsKeepersTurn Off Author:Kim Edwards