He was ready now. With his right hand he took a pen from the holder atop his desk and with his left hand he brought a piece of the paper down from the stack and onto the center of his desk. He paused and took a deep breath. Then he began to write the thought that only this paper was pretty enough to contain. But much to his amazement, nothing appeared on the paper as he wrote. He shook his pen and tried again. From "Deus Ex Machina"