Honore de Balzac Quotes

I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

Honore de Balzac

Honore de Balzac

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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.

Samuel Lover
- Man
- Literature
- Pen
The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

Imelda Marcos
- Star
- Problems
- Slave
There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

Natalie Goldberg
- Up
- Writing
- Hand
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.

Oscar Niemeyer
- Up
- Nothing
- Building
The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Girl
- Fear
- Slave
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.

C. S. Forester
- Up
- Words
- Day