Personal Tale Spinner Gifts

"Sorry, but your personal life story just isn't very original."

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

'How fast can you hype?'

"Well, isn't that embarrassing."

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

The Fourth Little Pig

"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?"

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.

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

'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!'

"First, I sent a rocket of a drive down the fairway, then I took the 7-iron, put that ball on the green...a hundred and eighty yards if it was an inch..."

' '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.'"

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.'

"You're ruining our reputation, Bob!"

Isabel Allende

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.

Best Seller

"Entweder Fisch oder Fleisch"

"Seriously, I used to be the staff of a guy named Moses, man the stories I could tell..."

"The boys at Jack's Bait & Tackle will never believe this one!"

Storm in a magic lamp.