Ship Wheel Spinner Mugs

"Damn it, Ned. You're steering us in circles again."

"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

"Hold my calls, Kimberly. I'm with a ball of string."

You do know it's Harry Potter who's real and JK Rowling is just one of his spells?

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

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

'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!'

' 'Cat in the Window'...chapter 14...'

Iris Murdoch

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.

"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.

"As you can see, we have a very flexible work-from-home-at-the-office policy."

"I'm not sheltering at home, I'm an artist in residence!"

Best Seller

"Entweder Fisch oder Fleisch"

Storm in a magic lamp.

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

"Is Madonna amazing or what? She sings, dances, and acts, and now it turns out she's a writer, too."

"He's writing a novel for the first time in decades. It has less to do with the urge to create or say something new, and more to do with the fact that all his previous books are now out of print."

'It was this big. I swear'