When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen. — Woody Guthrie Copy Share Image
Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities. — Henry James Copy Share Image
When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen. — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
My mind's monumental, my pen is penetration That produce words that bleed on the pad like menstruation — Elzhi Copy Share Image
God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is… — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is… — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
I was asking if unwinding kills you, or if it leaves you alive somehow. C'mon—it's not like we haven't thought about it."… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
She was witchy, yes, and in charge of a cauldron roiling with ideas and stories, but she always gave the impression that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
'I haven't used the veto pen very often since I've been in office,' Obama told NPR. 'Now, I suspect there are going… — Byron York Copy Share Image
I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot… — Steve Rubel Copy Share Image
I was walking every morning, and I'd take my iPod and paper and pen. As I walked, I wrote a poem, and then… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“On rare occasions there comes along a profound original, an odd little book that appears out of nowhere, from the pen of… — E. J. Banfield Copy Share Image
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as we sat in a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high-piled books, in… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
