Bookish Specter Gifts

Stephen King

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

Being and Nothingness Pop-Up! (book)

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

Spiritualism: Meet the Authors.

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

"I'm ready for summer vacation! A good book takes you where you've never been!"

"Some Debussy, Igor."

Marcel Proust

Note Book

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

Reading in the family.

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

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

John Galsworthy

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

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

"That's a beautiful poem, but of course, if you took the road less traveled, we'd make sure you have your GPS."

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

'If you're opening a joint account, Dr. Jekyll, the other account holder has to be here to sign.'

"I've picked up too many nasty Hobbits."

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

William Blake.

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

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

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

'Camilo José Cela'

Nonviolent Clue.

Edna O'Brien

Drunk And Orderly

Chicken Soup For The Soul's Soul.

'It's okay dear. He's my ghostwriter.'

My youthful jacket blurb writing showed such excitement, he thought with a sigh.

Cheshire Cat