[When asked if the voice is an instrument:] Yes, of course. Some are violins, some are fountain pens and some are stethoscopes.… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As long as I live I'll never forget the time he had a bank president pinched, or rather I did, on no… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
I write on a computer, but I've run the complete gambit. When I was very young, I wrote with a ballpoint pen… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“The solicitor he selected, a Mr Makepeace, had demanded five thousand pounds up front, even before he took the top off his… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
“The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props. Meeting a person who wrote a masterpiece on the back of… — Hugh MacLeod Copy Share Image
I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen,… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Gaiman wrote the first draft in fountain pen, in several five-hundred-page, leather-bound sketchbooks that he purchased in a close-out sale. "I really… — Hank Wagner Copy Share Image
“A tour was being planned so we could conquer America, just like The Beatles had. All we had to do was sign… — Diane Rinella Copy Share Image
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“When I started writing I wanted the best tools. I skipped right over chisels on rocks, stylus on wet clay plates, quills… — John Varley Copy Share Image
“Shepherd sat next to him close to the front of the plane. As it taxied for take-off, Muller took a pair of… — Stephen Leather Copy Share Image
“There was a little sketch pad with a pink paper cover, a packet of handwritten notes in what looked like my grandmother's… — Mary Simses Copy Share Image
“Your basic-type jailhouse tatt is homemade with sewing needles from the jailhouse canteen and some blue ink from the cartridge of a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“In the seventies I used to work in the bedroom of my flat at a little table. I worked in longhand with… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Mama Juanita. I remember her sitting at the kitchen table when she thought everyone was asleep. She had a cigarillo in one… — Zoraida Córdova Copy Share Image
“Alice dug into her pocket and pulled out her notebook, hurrying to make a note of the sensation and the day and… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image