Company Quote by Michael Dirda

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

— Emil Ferris

I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over. They are my compost pile of ideas.

— Louise Erdrich

've had notebooks, but they are nondescript. All I care about is that they fit in my hand. I scribble down ideas. The problem…

— Sefi Atta

I love paper. A nice thick pile of it and a pencil, and I'm content.

— Cecil Balmond

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

— Gord Downie

I carry this little book around everywhere. It's like my journal, but also like ideas and drawings and everything.

— Iman Vellani

I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

— Dennis Crowley

Near my desk, I keep a large plastic carton filled with fresh notebooks and stationery of various kinds, sizes, and qualities.

— Michael Dirda

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

— Jerry Brown

“From earliest childhood I was charmed by the materials of my craft, by pencils and paper and, later, by the typewriter and the entire…

— John Updike

I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I'm able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on paper, I…

— Michael Cunningham

I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There's a shoe box in…

— Patrick deWitt