Storyteller With A Brush Mugs

'Been in advertising long?' man asks painter, who's painting a pile of rubbish as a beautiful countryside scene.

"It's amazing, Darlin', just how fast the kids grow up!"

Monkey-artist

"On New Year's Eve, Clement and I stayed up all night drinking. Tea, of course."

Kirsten Johnson

"Right now, grandmom's bark is definitely worse than her bite!"

Three little pigs-mortgage.

'Like it? I LOVED it! The narrative gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page! And the CHARACTERS! Without question, Harris, this is the finest year-end financial report you've ever written!'

"Its my letter of resignation. I also turned it into a memoir."

Baby Bear.

Little boy reading a classic whilst his Dad reads a comic.

Reading

'I love these afternoon jam sessions.'

'I've been told I have Rembrandt's golden glow.'

Men dancing

Gag - a graphic novel

Mephistopheles

Young Stephen King

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

Purple Fairy

Ted knew he had a bestseller. Now all he had to do was fill the middle bits in.

My Prince.

"This gives me the inner fulfillment I could never achieve through dodgeball."

Teacher walking past drawings of suns casts shadow

'Your imagination was so powerful he became real. It happens to me all the time.'

The Battle of the Pictures.

'Of course, it's your business, but I wouldn't ever start a resume with 'Once upon a time in a land far far away!''

"She then bit into the poison apple, hoping it would fend off the hostile takeover."

"You know, it's a picture book. Needless to say, it doesn't have a lot of narrative scope."

"I maried an author so I guess you could say I met Mr. Write."

'Personally, I think your idea of writing nursery rhymes is dumb, Mother.'