Always Quote by Paul Auster

I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally…

— Elizabeth Strout

Writing by hand is a way of letting mystery into my writing. But I'm constantly trying to figure out how to do this job.…

— Lauren Groff

I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.

— Natalie Goldberg

I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words…

— Italo Calvino

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.

— John le Carre

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

— Nelson DeMille

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

— Richard Ford

Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed.

— Richard Hugo

I don't even own a computer. I write by hand then I type it up on an old manual typewriter. But I cross out…

— Paul Auster

I was given a pen not to write anything but just to make me feel how it is to hold something full yet untouched.…

— Anonymous

I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.

— Tara Bray Smith

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've never been…

— Paul Auster