Ambiguity Quote by Lionel Trilling

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

— Lionel Trilling

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

— Noah Baumbach

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

— Gord Downie

I don't carry notebooks and I don't consciously store ideas. I try not to think that I am a writer and I am pretty…

— Charles Bukowski

A notebook can be a clearing in the forest of your life, a place where you can be alone and content as you play…

— Ralph Fletcher

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

— Frank McCourt

I would never go anywhere without a notebook and pen. I don't even sleep without a notebook and pen by my side.

— Arlene Phillips

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

— Seth Godin

The point of a notebook is to jumpstart the mind.

— John Gregory Dunne

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

— Emil Ferris

For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down.

— Janeane Garofalo

My first notebook was a Big Five tablet, given to me [at age five] by my mother with the sensible suggestion that I stop…

— Joan Didion