Novel Whisperer Gifts

"He's celebrating finishing the last page of his novel... Now he's just got 436 that come before it to write!"

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

"This position has become very important to the company."

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

'Human Error .. Yet Again.'

I quilt therefore I am

''My Summer Vacation †the Untold Story'....'

Science Dept...Entomology: 'Too bad humans don't spend their teen years in pupa like insects.'

Reading

"He's from IT. All I did was tell him I thought he was doing a great job... and he fainted in shock!"

A boy and his spin patrol.

"Now all we need is a good script."

'Interactive TV news.'

'I've worked out that all you need for a summer blockbuster is...'

"This oughtta be good...my lawyer is about to read my Will. I left everything to my cat Binky!"

"I'm in here, rereading the great poets, myself among them."

Duplass Brothers

'I can't believe she left everything to that stupid parakeet!'

"Oh come now, darling. When I was your age, I felt different, too."

SEX EDUCATION, 'It's a crazy idea, but it just might work.'

These remarks are completely off the record

"Hmmm?!"

"I wouldn't worry, at his age grunting to communicate is quite normal."

Literary Type

Alas, poor Yorick!

Sugar And Spice And Full On Drama

'Yes, puberty did put me through a lot of stress. . . but it was my daughters puberty.'

'Adolescents act like babies when they aren't treated like adults!'

Always stick to the script.

"And to my brother, who I promised to mention in my will, 'Hi Grumpy'!"

The surrendered mom

"I'm sorry, but so far medical science hasn't come up with a cure for adolescence."

'Did you feel that??'

"You want to know about my day? Mom, didn't we just do this last month?"