Aspiring Playwright Gifts

The play was soo much fun! You were great, Sally! Do I know you? I was your #3 attendant in scene 2. Attendants are seen and not heard. Are you going into the theater, Twig? Yes. I'm going to write plays where the pretty girls get it. Ah, revenge! The wellspring of great art.

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."

Department of Theatre, Film and Television: Lights...Camera...Unemployment!

'They all want to play the star.'

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Do you have to write the 5 paragraph essays to be a rich investment banker? Or rock star? Or famous actress? No. No. And no. Then why learn to write one? So when those jobs don't work out

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

MEGASTUDIOS, INC., 'Just think of it -- 'CSI Mayberry,' with Robert DeNiro as Andy and Wesley Snipes as Barney!'

Come on! They're posting the spring musical. I can't wait! I want a romantic part! With and elegant gown. Good luck with that! We're doing "Cats."

'You're doing a play in kindergarten?'

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

I'm writing the Great American novel, one bill at a time.

"What made you start blogging about success?"

'Publshing Books for Dummies.'

Ye Editor. It’s a little downbeat, Will. How about making it a comedy and changing the name from "Othello" to "The Moor, The Marry-er"?

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"You want to be a comedian? You can't be serious!"

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

Child steps off chair and says, 'Tough crowd.'(Cat looks impassive)

'Be gentle with me, it's my first novel.'

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

"Have a career, and then if you want to try acting, you'll have my blessing."

Biographies. Don Rickles for Dummies

"When I grow up I'm going to be a ghost writer."

"Right here's the problem, apparently you have a novel in you"