Scribe With Ambition Pillows

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

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

"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.'

"When I grow up, I want to go into medicine and help people who can pay out of pocket."

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

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

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

"It's about sex and revenge, except for a short chapter on the Continental Congress."

"Me, as soon as I'm old enough, I'm out of here! I'll go and join my older brother: he's a beach bum in San Diego, California..."

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

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

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

'What can you wish for?!... Oh, I don't know... Infinite wealth, beautiful women throwing themselves at your feet, fame and admiration, perhaps?... But, don't let me influence you.'

I'm writing the Great American novel, one bill at a time.

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

'This scholarship application is great. You must have received an A in creative writing.'

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

'When I grow up I want to join the SWAT team!'

'Never underestimate the value of pipe-dreams, my son.'

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

'Publshing Books for Dummies.'

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

"What made you start blogging about success?"

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

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

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

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

"No wonder you can't write, you're not plugged in!"

"When I grow up I'm going to be a ghost writer."

'Look on it as... constructive criticism.'

'On Company Time: A Novel'

Successful sales people are avid goal setters...

'Your novel has an up-to-the-moment breaking news quality. We intend to publish it in 2012.'