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The Best of Times/The Worst of Times

"Sorry, Pembroke, but Telford here is lavishly illustrated."

The White Whale Mounted On The Wall

"Your new book, 'Help - My Head's Caught in a Pipe,' has been called by some to be semi-autobiographical. Can you comment on these rumors?"

The Critic...

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

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

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

The DaVinci Code

Thomas Mann.

'No doubt about it Captain. See these markings? This arrow belongs to Robin Hood!'

"I have your gender reveal results. Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, boy..."

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"Once upon a time, there was a princess who wasn't about to take anyone's sh*t."

Jean-Paul Sartre

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

Television Readers.

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

'It's a note...It says I.O.U. one pot of gold.'

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

Lady of the bath...

Here be dragons.