Aspiring Queen Mugs

"I'm Miss Missouri, but my goal is to become Miss California."

Five year time...

What else is there to wish for?

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

"Listen Herb, once you become the boss and decide who gets a raise, then you can have a raise."

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

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

'Hey guys?. . . Help us think what Dale could do for his '15 minutes of fame.''

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

'Publshing Books for Dummies.'

"What made you start blogging about success?"

Mr. K's essay is such a drag! Yeah, but I've got to do really well. Twig! You're such a grind! Am not! Life isn't only about grades. I know! But he's directing the spring musical. And my singing won't get me the part all by itself! English: Gateway to the Grammys.

A backup plan might be a good idea, in case 'being a celebrity' doesn't work out...

'If I'd had someone to help me when I started, I might have made CEO...actually, I did make CEO, but you know what I mean.'

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Top Ten Hit

I'm willing to start at the bottom and work my way up to your job..

Directors chairs on movie set with Model, Actress, and Whatever on them

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

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

So close... Yet so far.

"I'll bet a lot of people wish they had a royal palace to return to."

'I'm so proud of Trevor for getting an early start on his negative campaign for Student Council.'

"This area is popular with would-be actresses and models,we call it 'Silicon Implants'."

"Progress is coming right along!"

I'm the bluebird of happiness, and I'm on a book tour. Make Your Own Happiness.

I'm trying out for the spring play. You'll be great! Ha! You'll be grateful to be an usher, Meryl Creep. Yeah. The good parts go to real actors. Sigh. The arts are sooo uplifting.

'Look on it as... constructive criticism.'

"When I grow up I'd like to model for a pasta company."

"Of course I'm not quitting school, Dad! If anything, I've learned that if you want to succeed, you need passion and leadership and a whatever-it-takes attitude!"

"If I were writing fulltime, I'd have three unpublished novels by now."

"I promised myself I would never let this happen to me."

"O.K., who else is writing a book?"

'I was only famous for 14 and a half minutes.'

'The manuscript is 'green' because it's typed entirely on the backs of rejection slips.'

"Ok, I'm doing this. I'm going to finally write that book."