Conservatory Dreamer Gifts

'Henry would dearly love a conservatory!'

Pipe Dream.

Bookworm Sleepover

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

Nails pinning down the hammer that usually strikes them.

Alice in Wonderland-Hare and Hatter putting Dormouse in Teapot

"One day, I'll be the first woman!"

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

Fight for Your Democratic Right to Be Ignored

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

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

'It's my application to Harvard...'

"Efficiency savings...protect front line services BLAH! BLAH! refocus on core objectives BLAH BLAH!"

Pull and all nighter...

'Can you see the future of my 401(k)?'

The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.

Heaven

A Poet

"Would you mind taking a look at this collection of my poems? Your opinion would mean a lot."

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"No I wouldn't say you're ahead of your time. More like 'outside of it'."

"Not now. I'm working on my children's book."

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

"Hey - I'd write a book, too, if I could find the time."

Middlesex Election, 1804- Burdett and his Radical Allies Anticipate Victory

Don Quichotte

Kid praying: 'If it's okay with you, don't record this one.'

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

"I'm in here, rereading the great poets, myself among them."

'My dad is pushing me to become an alpha male, but frankly, I'd rather be a poet...'

"When I grow up, I want to impeach a president."