Quotes About Pen

In sumi-e, he said, as in haiku aur in any Zen training, the aim was to develop a discipline so sure and a spirit so true that one could afford to be atleast spontaneous; to get into such a state of deliberateness that as soon as one put pen to paper, one would produce something powerful and true.

I calculated the possible responses. 52 percent probable: She'd nod knowingly, tap her pen against her pad, and make some vaguely disapproving noise. 46 percent: She'd nod knowingly, tap her pen against her pad, and make some vaguely approving noise. 2 percent: She'd nod knowingly, tap her pen against her pad, and howl like a coyote. I attributed that last possibility to a bug in my calculations.

The Arab World is writing a new future the pen is in our own hands.

I have not felt in a humor to entertain you if I had taken up my pen. Perhaps some unbecoming invective might have fallen from it.

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

I don't write with a machine. I write with a pen and a paper, which is what is most comfortable for me.

I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.

Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult.

I'm not letting him write anything. I didn't do anything. I just took his pen.

People buy pads all the time, because they want to write stuff down. We're never going to get away from paper, ever. People like writing; that's why more people are writing more real thank-you notes now - not just to stand out, but because there's something about pen to paper, about holding something cool in your hands.

Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite.

Whether it's a computer or a pen drawing, design is about drawing shapes and making physical things.

It's quite humbling when you see the list of writers who have been president of PEN and you know some of the things they've done.

When I'm interviewing somebody, I take notes with a Bic Cristal, the classic black-cap, clear-body, medium-weight pen. It works on many levels: You can chew the cap, and if you're really bored, you can bite the end off the back.

Sheep may not be brilliant, but they know that sheep in pen is stage number one of lamb chops.

I used to only like writing with pen and paper, but because I travel so much, I started to lose the paper.

I love writing with pen and paper; I hate technology.

You should almost always draw in pen. It forces you to be confident. You can never erase, so it makes you really focus on your line and not wimp out.

It's always pressure to take a pen, doesn't matter if it's against City, or another team. It's always pressure to take the pens.

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

I was at a banquet, and I went into the ladies' room, and I'm in the stall doing my business, and a piece of paper and pen came from outside the door, and she says, 'Ms. Wagner, would you please sign this for me?' And I said, 'Are you kidding me?'

Actors usually feel skeptical about double hero films because one character might overshadow the other, but the late scriptwriter K. Subash has penned 'Karuppu Raja Vella Raja' in such a way that Vishal and I have equal scope in the film.

Certain governments are suggesting that bloggers and tweeters aren't 'real' writers and, so, don't merit protection. A writer is anyone from a Nobel laureate to a debut blogger. They all get PEN's attention.