Still, McWilliam hoarded the results, and many of those dictated pages are included in her sprawling exercise in self-analysis, "What to Look For in Winter".
The dress rehearsal the night before the initial performance revealed a number of problems with the show; during the first act alone, Hammerstein dictated eight pages of notes.
He said he dictated about two pages, or about 900 words, to a typist hired by the agency.
In 1775 the conqueror, the king Prithvi Narayan Shah, dictated a few pages of advice to his heirs from his deathbed.
Fearful of continuing attempts by the military to expand the mission, Mr Obama eventually personally dictated a six-page "terms sheet" setting out precisely what the military could and could not do.
To ensure that the Pentagon did not reinterpret his decision, Mr. Obama dictated a six-page, single-space "terms sheet" explicitly laying out his troop order and its objectives, a document included in the book's appendix.
"To ensure that the Pentagon did not reinterpret his decision, Mr. Obama dictated a six-page, single-space "terms sheet" explicitly laying out his troop order and its objectives," according to The New York Times.
By contrast, the photograph of the dead Syrian children was displayed at the top of the front page — undoubtedly dictated by the news value of the chemical weapons attack.
He said: "When we are told that our nine front page notices of correction are inadequate, it is as well to recall that never before have there been any front page corrections dictated by a regulator...ever".
But a closer inspection of Diesel's involvement as a producer for "Riddick" and the last three "Fast" movies reveals that his creative control extends to overhauling scripts, casting (sometimes dictated by his Facebook page's 46 million "friends") and even personally hawking international film distribution rights.
