Cinematic Book Lover Mugs

'Does this book come with director commentary.'

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

"This is the perfect way to watch movies if you love mosquitoes and having a cold, wet butt."

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

Herman Mankiewicz

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

'I couldn't do my term paper because they've never made a movie about Rutherford B. Hayes.'

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

Leslie Caron.

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Second hand furniture.

"It was years ago, for a nature documentary, and they said it was going to be very artistic."

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Gen-Next Library

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

"Bloody hell!"

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

Don Quixote

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

"Housekeeping?!"

Screen Time vs Book Time

"Death Star? Is that in the Valley?"