Literary Giant Pillows

Man struggling to read a large edition of a book

Gulliver stepping on Lilliputians.

'Today's film is called 'Why Reading is Important'.'

'Bragging at the Old Physicists' & Old Writers' Home.'

Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

'So...you THINK you have what it takes to be a scientist...?'

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

"Do me next."

Honoré de Balzac

German Expressionist Breakfast

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

'Yorick? No, I don't think so, unless of course he was a Neanderthal!'

The Proust of Twitter

"Mrs. Berg calls my book report a finely crafted debut and she looks forward to my next effort."

"For just one monkey in front of one typewriter you've come up with some amazing stuff."

"The robots have become self-aware and self-loathing. Now all they do is write novels."

"Your editor called again to see if the well was still dry."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

Jorge Luis Borges

'What have you got for the man who knows everything?'

"I'm in children's books, myself."

Shakespeare's Brain

'Right so lets be clear, when you said my book was a turgid reworking of a sad collection of hackneyed ideas you actually meant that it was a groundbreaking work of originality and genius...'

"Some Debussy, Igor."

"Tom's writing has been going really well! He's written over 200,000 words. Now he just needs to work out what order to put them in!"

"My dad says this pencil was once used by William Shakespeare." "Is it 2B or not 2B?"

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

It was then that Cervantes was inspired.

Shakespeare in the clink

YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE GENIUS GRANT LINE.

Franz Kafka

Captain Ahab (Ret.)

'Cap'n Ahab, Sir! Starbuck wants to know if you fancy a coffee.'