I just like pencils, though I do like red ink pens.
I like pencils too. I write all my stories in pencil. Somehow it doesn't look as messy as pen, when the page is covered in crossed out words. Red pens remind me too much of teachers' comments in the margins of my homework *g*
I think we were given pens at school from age 6, but it is far too long ago, so I can't be sure.