Age Quote by Joan Didion

I was four or five, and my mother gave me a big black tablet, because I kept complaining that I was bored. She said,…

— Joan Didion

I always loved writing, but I feel like I really started writing when I got my BlackBerry . It was the first time I…

— Duff McKagan

The point of a notebook is to jumpstart the mind.

— John Gregory Dunne

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader--it is never quite oneself. 2) I usually hate the sight of my…

— Lionel Trilling

When I was kid, they always used to tell me to keep notebooks. I look at my shelves now and it's just nothing but…

— John Darnielle

I've always kept a notebook in my pocket, I've always written stuff down since I was a kid.

— Gord Downie

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so.

— Frank McCourt

I kept notebooks as a kid, and they were important to me.

— Emil Ferris

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

— Lionel Trilling

I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next…

— Kenny Chesney

I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music. I never…

— Kendrick Lamar