Budding Bibliophile Gifts

Small child checks out a book.

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

'Can you tell me what I've written? I can't read!'

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

Paul Ree

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

How to draw a martian!

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

'Can I hand in my report tomorrow. Ms. D'Amato? I haven't finished reading the book. I've been too busy coloring it.'

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

'What's the fist thing you're going to think of when your brain is fully formed?'

"So you can tweet. That's why you have to learn the alphabet."

"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."

"We call it 'learning to read', not 'battling illiteracy'."

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'

"This is my first book, but if I like it I may buy another in the near future."

'Birthdays are like life...the more you have, the more illuminated you become.'

"I just got a huge advance for my first novel. It's about a writer who gets a huge advance for his first novel."

"You'll have to imagine the melody for this next song, too."

"Jose Rivera, who wrote the screenplay for 'The Motorcycle Diaries,' is the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar. He's known for incorporating his life experiences into his award-winning writing."

'Who else have I written for? Ridge Park Avenue, 7th Street, Elm Road, Thornwood Drive...'

"I attempted to circumvent the traditional trappings of a teen furlough...but I was thwarted by my czar-ish parental unit."

"My report on summer vacation. . . Book and movie rights are available for $1000 each."

A child busking

'This is the shortest autobiography I've ever read!'