I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes. – John Philip Sousa
I’m the sort of person who doesn’t write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out. – Ian Mckellen
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. – Jean Cocteau
I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It’s much quicker than using a keyboard. – Catherine Fisher
The computer is a tool, just like pencil or charcoal, allowing illustrators to manipulate images from their sketchbooks. – Chris Riddell
It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years. – Dave Sim
I’ve always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil – especially for corrections. – Paul Auster
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. – Francis Bacon
Some travelers collect souvenirs, postcards, or bumper stickers; I bring home a pencil from the various places I visit. – Michael Dirda
I try and make little stories. Whether it’s with a pencil or with bits of records, it’s really the same thing. – Eric San
Everyone gets a pencil as a kid, but it doesn’t make them all authors or painters or drawers or anything else. – Nigel Barker
Generally, I don’t pencil, especially with the autobiographical comics, although I’ve usually planed out composition in my head during the scripting stage. I like to work directly in ink, to keep the spontaneity and expression conveyed by a less worked over line. – Jeffrey Brown
I’d rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I’ll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine. – Lindsay Fox
I’m all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer. – Kat Graham
A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage. – Robert McNamara
