Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes

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.

Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.

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 always have a good pen with me.

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

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.

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.

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

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.

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

Wearing down seven number two pencils is a good day's work.

I don't think I ever owned twenty pencils at one time. Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day's work.

He wanted paper and something to write with, some way to sustain a thought, to place it in the world.

I'd always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries] movie was stalled and in confusion. I felt frustrated creatively, and just couldn't work on the Baby material till the movie was sorted out.

I only write in blue ink.

You can do without a woman but not a typewriter.

I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.

I find it painful when I'm without anything. But I work in multiple fields. If I can't write, I find myself taking photographs. I can go on the road and perform. But the most important thing for me is writing, and when I hit those walls, it's painful.

Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.

I wish I was writing something much more heavy each time I did a film, and that the comedies just occasionally come out. But unfortunately you're stuck with what you're born with.

What is a modern poet's fate? / To write his thoughts upon a slate; / The critic spits on what is done, / Gives it a wipe - and all is gone.

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.

Words, words, words, a million million words circle in my head like hawks, waiting to dive onto the page to rend and tear the only two words I want to write. Why me?

"Diamonds & Rust" started off as another song. Then the words started to morph. When you write a song that deep, the words come from some place else. But when the songs stop coming, it would be so contrived to try and force it. Since then I've just been doing other people's music.