Bookish Maestro Mugs

Saul Bellow

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Orchestra.

Audio Books

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"Some Debussy, Igor."

Cook in the cookery section.

'They said 'write what you know.' So I didn't write anything.'

'Oh, Wow! You write math books? That's wonderful! Where do you get your ideas?'

Man read's Newton's 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principa Mathematica' and says: 'Blimey Isaac, this is, er, pretty heavy stuff.'

"Audacity, noun. Unrestrained impudence. Impudence... Impudence... Impudent, adjective. Marked by impertinent disrespect. Impertinent... Impertinent..."

"I'm sick of writing book reports on spec."

Ventriloquism For Beginners.

"As your first novel, it starts out badly and just falls away!"

LOVENUTS: When asked her opinion on the subject, Didi simply gives a rueful smile.

"We like your determination to develope a new investment strategy."

"Your manuscript is utter trash, of course. How does a half-million first printing sound to you?"

The Violin Artist

Pathology.

The 'I'm Almost Finished With War And Peace' Bookmark

Book in library - 'Crash tests for dummies' (being read by a crash test dummy).

"School is loverly this time of year."

Chicken Soup For The Soul's Soul.

'Camilo José Cela'

"Everybody wants to meet the author, but nobody wants to read the book."

Pianist with Knife and Fork.

"How do I load this book into my computer?"

Money Hog

"That book was so cliche. Can you believe the butler actually did it?"

"I decided to self-publish."

'Take it from me - after all, I'm in the second grade - learning is a slow, slow process.'

"I'll be your maitre D# this evening."

Roald Dahl

'He learnt it all from a book - 'Play Like Boris Becker'.'