[describing Winston Churchill at work] To watch him compose some telegram or minute for dictation is to make one feel that one is present at the birth of a child, so tense is his expression, so restless his turnings from side to side, so curious the noises he emits under his breath. Then comes some masterly sentence and finally, with a "Gimme", he takes a sheet of typewriting paper and initials it or alters it with his fountain- pen, which he holds most awkwardly halfway up the holder.
