Literary Arts Pillows

'I've gotten quite a bit out of that creative writing class. I think I'll become a literary agent.'

"I got those famous last words you wanted"

A Puppet Named Juan

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

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

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

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

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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."

"Go ahead and eat her, she's a pain in the a**."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"Agamemnon and Clytemnestra have decided to separate amicably."

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

"You're going to hate yourself."

"I still haven't decided if I want to be unemployed as an English major or as a Communications major."

'If you were disturbed by any issues raised, please call your mum.'

"Meet The Author"

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

"Do me next."

Tut and Carmen.

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

'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.'

The Bookworm

Thomas Mann.

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

First Novels.

"It's a heck of a tale...and well told, but we don't publish resumes."

"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."