The Aspiring Matador Gifts

'Why can't he get into soccer like other children?'

"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.'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

What else is there to wish for?

"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.

Do you have to write the 5 paragraph essays to be a rich investment banker? Or rock star? Or famous actress? No. No. And no. Then why learn to write one? So when those jobs don't work out

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

'Roy! For the last time, don't wave that red one in front of your Dad.'

"I've been genetically modified!"

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

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

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

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

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

The team video didn't spotlight my talents. I've hired my own film crew. They'll showcase my skills so college recruiters can see my strengths. Wow! How can the director pack so much into one little video? Great point! Daddy? Tell Steven Spielberg we're going feature length. Nice save!

"What made you start blogging about success?"

'Publshing Books for Dummies.'

A father films his family while imagining himself as a director

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

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

"Ambitions... to make a career change from tourism to sales."

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

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

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

'With one stroke of his fibre-tipped pen, Cartoonman laid waste to all that was evil...'

'Mum, I'm in some kind of circular arena with a guy waving a red cloth at me: Any advice?'

"I called for you creative people because I feel it's time to begin my autobiography."

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

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

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

"We had a huge fight on our first date, too."

I'm the bluebird of happiness, and I'm on a book tour. Make Your Own Happiness.