Pen Quotes

Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil.

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.

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

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

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

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

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

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

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.

Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.

I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.

There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.