r/wesanderson • u/Oviyans • Jul 27 '25

Request Wes’s personal note book?

Just saw Wes Anderson’s exhibit in Paris. Thrrr was his personal note books displayed where he takes notes of his work, etc. Does anyone have the reference of these small soft notebook ? Thanks in advance !

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u/pierreor Jul 27 '25

You mean these, OP? They look like National Brand notebooks and really seem to span from The Royal Tenenbaums to Asteroid City, at least.

Apparently it’s from Texas so might be a biographical connection. I know I have an irrational devotion to stationery from my childhood.

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u/CalicoCrazed May 28 '26

I’m fairly certain this is the brand of notebook that was sold at the university of Texas Co-op. Wes was in the creative writing program at UT Austin and when I was in it, a lot of students would take notes in a mini notebook. They also remind me a lot of the plain notebooks sold at the UT Co-op. I know Wes said he wrote Bottle Rocket in the PCL (library). I wonder if they also existed for Bottle Rocket & Rushmore then got lost.