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One of the things that Monteverde does right is stand out from the crowd. No matter what, you are going to notice a Monteverde pen, whether it’s on a display shelf or in someone’s hand. Taki...

Montblanc’s Andy Warhol Special Edition The latest piece in Montblanc’s Great Characters series, the Andy Warhol special edition pays tribute to one of the principal figures of the pop art movem...

“Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.” - Harvey Mackay“Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” - Mark Twain“The pen is very quick in getting stuff from your brain t...

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson“I never did calligraphy... But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It...

William Faulkner had some specific ideas about becoming a writer. You become a writer simply by reading and writing.“Read, read, read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do...

“In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.” - Sydney Smith“I love writing. I love the swirl and s...

“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does, a fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” -Graham Greene...

In an age when most of its competitors have been absorbed into larger manufacturers, Porsche remains a staunchly — and profitably — independent maker of high-performance sports cars. The Porsche na...

Translations can be a tricky thing. One needs to be mindful of all the idiosyncrasies of the language. Jolly Green Giant translated into Arabic, for example, means "Intimidating Green Ogre."When th...