A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.
No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
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.
Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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