(Heinrich von) Kleist would not be a Prussian if his first thought would not have been orderlinessand he would not be a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it's all bullshit.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
I try to remember dreams, and occasionally I'll make a note or two in a notebook if it's something extra interesting. They… — Kenneth Anger Copy Share Image
I take pens and I write on the inside of my arm. When I'm with people and somebody says a really fascinating… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
My grandmother has kept all of his stuff in a drawer. This one notebook was particularly chilling. He's [howard Brookner] writing to… — Aaron Brookner Copy Share Image
I went to dinner with my mother-in-law and I just realized I was talking in sound bites to her and expecting her… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
I never leave home without my writing notebook, and get a lot of writing done in transit. One great place to create… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
The HARDEST PART about BREAKING UP is the next day, opening your notebook only you see I LOVE YOU scribbled all over. — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
Leonardo da Vinci was comfortable being illegitimate, gay, a misfit, a heretic. But he also respected other people. He didn't get into… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
In a way, you normalize your own childhood to yourself, so I never thought about how much I wrote as a kid.… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Carrying a small notebook with you always, in your pocket or purse, along with a reliable ballpoint pen will enable you to… — Lee Wyndham Copy Share Image
Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader--it is never quite oneself. 2) I usually hate the sight… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
I tend to keep my ideas in my head. When I write something down in a notebook it's never centralized. There are… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
