Bookish Thinker Mugs

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

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

"Some Debussy, Igor."

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

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

"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!"

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

Marcel Proust

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

The Grapes of Wrath finally get some professional help.

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"Wow - A flying Chaucer!!"

Reading in the family.

"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?'

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

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

John Galsworthy

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

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

Theory of Gravity

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

"Do you have any why-to books?"

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

'Death in the 'life' section of library'

(The really ugly duckling)

William Blake.

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

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

English major will work for food.

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

Samuel Beckett

Edna O'Brien