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Pen Quotes

Short lines on the tool behind every written word.

These quotes look at the pen as more than an object, from comparisons with modern word processors to the idea that picking one up to write is itself a kind of confrontation. See related lines under Book.

If David Duke got the percentage of the vote that Le Pen got, we would be terrified, as well we should be.

Quotes by Naomi Klein

Farmers will not see good days unless their produce gets a guaranteed price. Even a notebook, a pen, or a soap has a price printed on it, but the milk that farmers sell do not have any price.

Quotes by Nana Patekar

I always have pen and paper with me.

Quotes by Miller Williams

A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.

Quotes by Michael Ondaatje

There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires the use of real names, that could potentially put Chinese citizens in danger.

Quotes by Michael Anti

A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United States was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.

Quotes by Mercy Otis Warren

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

Quotes by Melanie Fiona

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

Quotes by Max Beerbohm

There is a lot of evidence to back up the assertion that war fiction takes time. Many all-time classics of the genre, from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22' to Tim O'Brien's 'The...

Quotes by Matt Gallagher

We have to be able to go deep in games and save those guys in the pen for down the stretch.

Quotes by Matt Cain

I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter.

Quotes by Mary Lou Retton

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword.

Quotes by Mary Harris Jones

In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard...

Quotes by Mary Garden

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.

Quotes by Marty Feldman

The pen is mightier than the sword, and is considerably easier to write with.

Quotes by Marty Feldman

I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen, because I find it harder and harder to control the fine muscles of my right hand during prolonged...

Quotes by Mark Helprin

Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.

Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

Quotes by Maria Sharapova

When Ando arrives in the studio, he picks up his pen even before he gets a cup of tea, and he stays seated until the very last train at night. He hardly eats, just nibbles at little balls of rice...

Quotes by Makoto Shinkai

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

Quotes by Maimonides

One entry frames writing as a response to noticing unfairness in the world, a reminder that the pen has long served as a starting point for explaining what a writer sees. Browse Good quotes for more on purpose and craft.