Novel Discussion Pillows

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

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

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

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

'So you want an advance on your writer's block?'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

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

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

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

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"It turns out everyone here is self-published."

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

"Darling, I think we need to talk about where this relationship is going..." Male evolution.

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

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

Writers without borders.

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

"No es problema para mi si no es problema para ti."

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"Spoiler alert! I'm about to tell you the part that really bugged me about 'Wolverine.'" "You don't have to say 'spoiler alert,' minion. It's been a month." "Anyone who hasn't seen it yet has not fulfilled their role as a dutiful consumer, and deserves whatever spoilage they will receive." "In fact, let me know who they are and I'll enter them into my database. When the corporatist revolution comes, there will be consequences." "Um... never mind."

"Entweder Fisch oder Fleisch"

'Your night writing book, madam.'

"So, what are you reading?"

"Discussion topic: Is our society becoming less civil and more violent?"

'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...'

A book reviewer reads between the margins.