Moleskine

From 2010:

What is it about a Moleskine that is so inviting, so tempting, that makes you want to write so desperately?  And yet at the same time, so intimidating, with that cool black visage and history of intimacy with so many great creators…  So many tough acts to follow.  How can I possibly measure up?  This little book who has known grandiose thoughts and words, what will it think of my meager meanderings?  Nonetheless I feel enticed to try, in hope, such hope, that I might produce something worthy.