Writing Quote by Melissa Terras

“NASA spent millions of dollars inventing the ball-point pen so they could write in space. The Russians took a pencil.”

— Will Chabot

“Don't use pencil, for writing on your lover's heart it might erase. Always use ball point pen.”

— Biranchi Narayan

“Writing things down with a pen is a lot faster and more therapeutic than trying to type something on a tiny touchscreen keyboard.”

— Jodie Beau

“A pen is not just a writing instrument, it's an object of creation.”

— Ayanda Xaba

“The more our fingers are getting skilled on keypad the more we are losing the art of holding the pen.”

— Himmilicious

“A pen is like a switchblade you can actually write with—and pull off a successful mugging with.”

— Jarod Kintz

“To write, one only needs a pen. Of course, by pen I mean enclosure.”

— Heather McGowan

“When NASA started sending up astronauts, they discovered that ballpoint pens don’t work in zero gravity. So they spent twelve million dollars and more…

— Garrison Keillor

“When I started writing I wanted the best tools. I skipped right over chisels on rocks, stylus on wet clay plates, quills and fountain…

— John Varley

“The power of the pen does not reside in the ink but in the character of the person doing the writing.”

— Aaron Fruh

“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.”

— Françoise Sagan

“Only with pen and paper can you create something that doesn't really exist.”

— Decker Schutt