Writing Supplies Quotes

An ink bottle, which now seems impossibly quaint, was still thinkable as a symbol in 1970.

I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.

I only write in blue ink.

It takes, unhappily, no more than a desk and writing supplies to turn any room into a confessional.

I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.

I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.

I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write.

I was my mom's oldest child, so she was like, watching closely and taking notes, like, 'Okay, this is what she gravitates towards,' and she gave me all the tools to keep me focused. I liked to write; she got me notebooks. I wanted to draw; she got me sketch books and crayons and coloured pencils.

I take almost no notes when I write. I have one notebook - this old green leather notebook that my dad gave me a decade ago.

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.

Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.

I think now, whenever I write, there is nothing that will really compare to pen and paper.

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 periods of work. I buy boxes of Deluxe Uni-ball pens, use them until they start to drag, and then change.

I've been slightly obsessed with paper and notebooks. Among my most precious possessions is a small light-blue, breviary-sized volume - four-and-a-half inches wide, seven inches tall - made by a company called Denbigh.

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

I always have a good pen with me.

I have always been a pencil.

You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear.

There's an ongoing 'water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink' situation at my house in terms of both pens and paper.

I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase.

I love pens, especially when writing on good-quality paper. But I don't have a favorite - I try all kinds in all colors. Like most folks, I misplace them a lot, so I don't use anything too fancy.