Time Quote by John Ciardi

“In the act of writing he experiences, today, an exceptional sensual pleasure -- in the feel of the pen, snug in the crook of…

— J.M. Coetzee

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

— Anonymous

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.

— Samuel Lover

The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.

— Omar Khayyam

The itch of scribbling.

— Juvenal

“It is a glorious thing, to be able to write with pen on paper instead of nail or hook into oak, to feel one's…

— Doug Dorst

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

— Juvenal

“After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper, smoothing it…

— Ali Shaw

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have…

— Samuel Lover

The way the writing on your hand wears off only in the spot that he held it.

— Myself

“Handwriting is rooted in the spirit, even though it appears by means of bodily senses.”

— Al-Nazzam

For it would seem - her case proved it - that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person. The nerve…

— Virginia Woolf