Discussing Literature Mugs

"Oh, that Jane. I thought you were talking about Jane Austen."

"Call me old-fashioned, but I felt much more at home with the Forsytes than I do with the Louds."

"It's really the black whale I hate, but I didn't want to appear racist."

"Tonight! Author book signing." "Develop your inner raging bitch."

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

"Meet the author"

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

Nevermore. You don't have to use "air quoths" every time.

"Tracey, this is Gene. He also read the Nancy Reagan book in unbound galleys."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

"'Best wishes'? That's it? That's all you got?!"

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

"Where do you get your derivative ideas?"

Miss Jellyby

One book... One book... One book...

At Mary Higgins Clark's book club.

Hamlet.

"You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to meet you."

'Edward de Vere? -- give me a break!'

"The stories are false. The names are real to stimulate sales."

'Then it's agreed. It doesn't have to rhyme.'

"My novel? I've put it on hold. I'm writing my response in case I get asked to do on eof those 'How I write' columns..."

The Doomed Character

Randy, if you were stranded on an island, what's the one book you'd want to have along with you? Easy: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It's got the perfect heft to knock coconuts out of trees. Well, I'd like to have How to Get off an Island, by Archie MacGuyver. That title's actually a metaphor for overcoming shyness. We really should have our own book review show.

"Randy, if you were stranded on an island, what's the one book you'd want to have along with you?" "Easy: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It's got the perfect heft to knock coconuts out of trees." "Well, I'd like to have How to Get Off an Island, by Archie Macguyver." "That title's actually a metaphor for overcoming shyness." "We really should have our own book review show."

'I don't know about you, Tex, but I thought that the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy was darn tootin'.'

Queequeg: Master Harpoonist and Social Director, USS Pequod.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times—Hey! I'm taking to you! It was the best of times..."

"The one and only truth!"

Library: 'The Wit & Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge.'

'This is because you disagree with my theory on existentialism?'

Trilby - 'Three nice clean Englishmen'.

"I really enjoyed the Bible."

Yes, such a meeting of Mistress' friends can be very feisty and involve lots of arguing: it's called a "book club"...