alt Hacker NewsJack Kerouac famously sat down and typed "Anna Karenina" on a typewriter because he wanted to feel what it was like to "write a great novel".
Jack Kerouac famously sat down and typed "Anna Karenina" on a typewriter because he wanted to feel what it was like to "write a great novel".
I think you're thinking of Hunter S Thompson, Kerouac really doesn't seem like the person that would have the time or care about doing that.