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"Thank you for saving me, Mr. Nice Man! I almost drowned! You're so good-looking and noble and strong! I can't believe how you fought off that shark!"

"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.'"

Isabel Allende

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.

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

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

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"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.

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

"Entweder Fisch oder Fleisch"

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

Storm in a magic lamp.

Best Seller

Fishing Boat Derby

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

'It was this big. I swear'