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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.

I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.

Quotes by Anthony Horowitz

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.

Quotes by Anne Tyler

The pen and the written word hold a great deal of power.

Quotes by Andy Biersack

I am not in the least eloquent or fluent with languages. My writing on social media is quite pedestrian. But even if it was near any acceptability, I would not be in a position to pen a script or a...

Quotes by Amitabh Bachchan

Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

Quotes by Alison Tyler

I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.

Quotes by Alice McDermott

I always lose every single pencil I ever had. So I can draw with everything. With pencil, with pen.

Quotes by Alessandro Michele

I use a G-Pen from Zebra. Different people have different preferred pen nibs. I don't put much force on it when I draw, so I'll generally use a single nib for about three chapters.

Quotes by Akira Toriyama

I use Pilot's document ink, but their drawing ink is OK, too. It's just that I don't like the impression that clings to the pen tip.

Quotes by Akira Toriyama

I think comics are faster to draw with a pen and then fill and tone by computer. But my illustrations are all done via computer. I even draw the lines on a tablet.

Quotes by Akira Toriyama

I am addicted to the highlighter pen, my papers generally a garish mix of type, Biro, unreadable scribble and lashings of luminosity, as if they belong to the unhinged.

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.