Budding Bibliophile Mugs

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."

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

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

How to draw a martian!

"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.

'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.'

"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."

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

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

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

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

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

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

'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 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."

A child busking

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

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

"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."

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

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

'I must be getting good, because my Dad told me to go play for the neighbours!'