Narrative Spinner Gifts

"With proper editing, I've had a good life."

'Stories? I have a few.'

'I only hear good things from your spin doctors. . .'

'Staffers don't report we're managing decline. They report we met our targets and did out job!'

'Hold on, pal! Who's in control of the narrative here?'

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

'How fast can you hype?'

The Fourth Little Pig

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

"Well, isn't that embarrassing."

"You know how it is, one minute I'm selling insurance in South Dakota and the next minute I have a hook for a hand. How about you?"

"Your Honor, we're going to go with the prosecution's spin."

"If I can't ask for more wishes, how about more genies?"

You do know it's Harry Potter who's real and JK Rowling is just one of his spells?

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

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

'No! Forging a note from your parents does not count as creative writing!'

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

So I guess the moral of Hansel and Gretel is always carry your cell phone!

' 'Cat in the Window'...chapter 14...'

Iris Murdoch

Fish talking about fisherman

When Shakespeare gets up early, on the wrong side of the bed of a stranger, and in a clown suit... Later that same day, he will commence work on 'The Comedy of Errors.'"

Günter Grass

Isabel Allende

"You're ruining our reputation, Bob!"

Wolf to Red Riding Hood: 'No thanks, I'm on a strict grandmother diet.'

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

Always a bigger fish.

'This is your spinal column...It's a bunch of bones that runs up and down your back and keeps your legs from going all the way up to your neck.'

"I'm waiting for my imagination to run riot."

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

'See how the fools flee when fantasy role-play is fantasy no longer!'

"I'm not sheltering at home, I'm an artist in residence!"

"So, in conclusion, I would like to say that although I haven't actually read the book, I still found it a fascinating and enriching experience.