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The Value of Notebooks

Western Kingbird, San Antonio NM, April 15, 2010

"I never actually get around to reading them and using what I've written, but I do tend to reproduce the same thoughts later."

I write down things that surprise me in notebooks. I never actually get around to reading them and using what I've written, but I do tend to reproduce the same thoughts later. So the main value of notebooks may be what writing things down leaves in your head.

The Age of the Essay, Paul Graham, September 2004

clipped April 4, 2005

Collection: On Writing - Philosophy