Dramatic Ponderer Pillows

"This is very mysterious. I can't seem to pick up anything at all about you, but I see 'Ivan the Terrible' coming to the Thalia."

"To torture an insect or not to torture an insect, that is the question."

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Shakespeare was bisexual

"To be or not to be."

The Forbidden Joyce Kilmer

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

"Needs to get a life"

"William Blake said you can see the whole world in a grain of sand, but he doesn't always make a lot of sense."

"I'm trying to forget a pussycat."

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

"It's about the murder of an editor who refuses to publish a writer's work..."

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

Temporary and Permanent Writer's Block

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

Frog Baby Names

A poem: With daylight's shift, winter draws near...

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"Think outside the box but never forget who owns the box."

Writer

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

Lost and Profound.

'You have to do something...My husband just doesn't look at me the way he used to.'

George Orwell

"In the room the women come and go. Talking of Michelangelo."

"Is there a dramaturge in the house?"

"now let's try one without the tusks."

Jesus wept

'Mummy, what's a daddy one of those called?'

Shakespeare considers alternatives to iambic pentameter

Mime Tug-of-War

'I love your poetry, m'dear - it's very Ezra Poundish.'

"That would've gone better if I'd gotten here with my gift list instead of my spelling list."