--- title: "9 Writer Pen Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Writer Pen quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Writer Pen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-millington-synge-19695_comeback_i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-read_879590.jpg" --- > [I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-millington-synge/i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-reading-but-a-blotting-kind-of/) [John Millington Synge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-millington-synge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-millington-synge-19695_comeback_i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-read_879590.jpg) > [A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-duck-without-water/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/donovan-5358_duck_a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-d_1981249.jpg) > [“Vision, emotion, sincerity, passion and creativity. Without these attributes a writer has only his pen with which to speak to his audience”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-knight-english-writer-copywriter-cynic/vision-emotion-sincerity-passion-and-creativity-without-these/) [Bill Knight English Writer Copywriter Cynic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-knight-english-writer-copywriter-cynic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/bill-knight-english-writer-cop_creativity_vision-emotion-sincerity-passion-and-cre_2674676.jpg) > [“remember, you were a writer before you ever put pen to paper. just because you were not writing externally. does not mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/remember-you-were-a-writer-before-you-ever-put-pen-to-paper-just/) [Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/nayyirah-waheed-8336_writer_remember-you-were-a-writer-before-you-ev_2897151.jpg) > [“Writers have influenced thoughts, principals, viewpoints and experiences throughout history. A talented writer’s pen is anointed with magic!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-toni-graham/writers-have-influenced-thoughts-principals-viewpoints-and/) [C. Toni Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-toni-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/c-toni-graham-27293_courage_writers-have-influenced-thoughts-princip_1244974.jpg) > [“A writer's pen depreciates with every word that it writes. Whereas she appreciates with every word that she writes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/a-writer-s-pen-depreciates-with-every-word-that-it-writes-whereas-she/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_writer_a-writer-s-pen-depreciates-with-every-wo_296584.jpg) > [“When people starts to enjoy a writer's pen, he becomes a legend even if his stories are neither long nor publicly surrounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-saleh/when-people-starts-to-enjoy-a-writer-s-pen-he-becomes-a-legend-even/) [A. Saleh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-saleh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/a-saleh-73850_expectations_when-people-starts-to-enjoy-a-writer-s-p_296836.jpg) > [“It was curious to me then, as now, the power of the performer over an audience when, in fact, the gift itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/it-was-curious-to-me-then-as-now-the-power-of-the-performer-over-an/) [Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/kate-mulgrew-26764_audience_it-was-curious-to-me-then-as-now-the-pow_2519032.png) > [“The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I understand what writing is; what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-longer-i-am-a-writer-so-long-now-that-my-writing-finger-is/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/alice-walker-347_human-animal_the-longer-i-am-a-writer-so-long-now-tha_507571.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-pen/#itemlist", "name": "Writer Pen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Millington Synge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-millington-synge/i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-reading-but-a-blotting-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-millington-synge-19695_comeback_i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-read_879590.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-millington-synge-19695_comeback_i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-read_879590.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-millington-synge-19695_comeback_i-m-a-good-scholar-when-it-comes-to-read_879590.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.” — John Millington Synge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donovan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-duck-without-water/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/donovan-5358_duck_a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-d_1981249.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/donovan-5358_duck_a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-d_1981249.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/donovan-5358_duck_a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-d_1981249.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water!” — Donovan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Vision, emotion, sincerity, passion and creativity. 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