If you use a pencil, you'll write one thing. If you use a p… — Recollected by William Kuhns from a conversation on his first meeting with McLuhan at Fordham, February, 1968; McLuhan had been writing, his pencil snapped, upon the offer of a pen by Kuhns, McLuhan refused, giving this as his reason.

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If you use a pencil, you'll write one thing. If you use a pen or typewriter, you'll write something completely unlike it.

Recollected by William Kuhns from a conversation on his first meeting with McLuhan at Fordham, February, 1968; McLuhan had been writing, his pencil snapped, upon the offer of a pen by Kuhns, McLuhan refused, giving this as his reason.

Quote #4506

Year: 1968

Chapter: Media as Form