Writers Quote by D Michael Hardy

After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.

— Tom Stoppard

I smoke too much whether it's going well or badly. After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with…

— Tom Stoppard

I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with…

— Ruskin Bond

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

— Elmore Leonard

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.

— Anonymous

I always have a good pen with me.

— Abbi Jacobson

I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to…

— Philip Pullman

The pencil is mightier than the pen.

— Robert M. Pirsig

I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.

— Anthony Horowitz

I smoke cigarettes when I write, which is disgusting, but it really helps me.

— Christopher Bollen

“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.”

— Kellie Elmore

I've put down my scrivener's pen. These days i prefer not to.

— Mike Noonan