Imaginative Schemer Pillows

"This is an imaginative expenses claim. I wish we could use those skills of yours in the business."

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

'Call for you on the cream corn line.'

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

"I don't think I can express what I have to say in just colored paper and glue."

'Yes, I do have some ideas for the wedding! We could fly in on jet packs, say our vows on a bridge over a piranha pool with you in a white bikini, hold the reception in a casino and honeymoon in a secret underground bunker!'

Shadow Puppet Bunny Threatened By Shadow Hawk

he tries to fly all the time but actually never gets airborne

Here be dragons.

Real Life/Surreal Life

'Read me the one about the ant and the obsessive-compulsive grasshopper.'

"Where the wild things were."

Susie knew she could rely on big Ted for comfort.

''Raining cats and dogs' is just a phrase, Alix.'

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

'Nope. I didn't see any dogfish.'

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

'Meet the author with her collaborators'

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

'Why don't you leave the planning of our wedding to me?'

'Ben, true sportsmanship is a state of mind, and I'm proud of you.'

Phoenix

Cinderella and Charming the Clown

'All good things must come to an end.'

Imagine

Re-Tooling Costs - "Could you be a little more precise than umpteen million?"

Alice in Wonderland - The Pig Baby.

Leaves falling out of a painting.

CEO Escape

"An Iraq attack is one thing, but I'm not sure about a Persian incursion."

'That cloud doesn't look like a horse to me, but if I import it into Photoshop...'

'...and, if your idea is so imaginative, innovative and original, why aren't our competitors doing it?'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

"My assistant is more of a behind-the-scenes kind of guy."