Lover Of The Written Word Gifts

Cloud Cuckoo Land, manuscript writer

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

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

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

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

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

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.'

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

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

"Meet The Author"

Victor Hugo

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

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.'

"Meet the author"

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

The DaVinci Code

Thomas Mann.

First Novels.

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

The Dorrie Decimal System

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

Television Readers.

"Now I really hate poetry."

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

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

'He likes to power nap.'

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