Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.

So I use a tape recorder a lot to record ideas.

I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.

It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

It's like having a little tape recorder in your head that is playing at an incredibly high speed at an incredibly low volume. A little voice telling you about all the things you'd seen and considered, and your thoughts, and you just want to get them out of your head. They can tend to get into your work.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.