Lyricist Hopeful Gifts

'We wish you luck, but your verses suck, please don't sob... you didn't get the job!'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

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

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

'There will be no raises this year since the state now has a lottery.'

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

'As I walk through the halls, I see teachers teaching and students learning and I say to myself, 'what wonderful school, what a wonderful world.''

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

Blues artis's daily list

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

"I always thought love made the world go round."

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

'Be gentle with me, it's my first novel.'

For every moment in life there is a song that describes it perfectly.'

Tragedy! When the feeling's gone and you can't go on.

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

Comparing lottery odds with bus punctuality.

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

"Right here's the problem, apparently you have a novel in you"

'Actually, the entire novel is a metaphor of me getting rich from the movie rights.'

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

"This X-Ray proves conclusively that you don't have a book in you."