Bookish Scholar Mugs

College of Further Education. . .AND FEES.

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

"I don't care if it is itty-bitty. Turn it off!"

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"Some Debussy, Igor."

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

The Grapes of Wrath finally get some professional help.

"Wow - A flying Chaucer!!"

"It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and plagiarize something?"

'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.'

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

John Galsworthy

' Sheesh! I think people are getting tired of hearing those fables of Aesop's

"This medical dictionary has had it's appendix taken out. . . !"

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

Bestsellers have sold so well there are none at all on the shelves.

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

Theory of Gravity

Major Poets, Minor Poets, Free Agents.

"Do you have any why-to books?"

Oliver Twist - Oliver,with the Pickpocketing Artful Dodger's Mode

'Death in the 'life' section of library'

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

The Human Ape.

William Blake.

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

Pathology.

(The really ugly duckling)

"Can I come with you? I need a grant."

English major will work for food.

Michel De Montaigne is quotes as saying the following...

'I'm not a famous writer, but I do make enough money to travel the country and sleep in my car.'