Individual TVs

Woman at gym next to me: [claps hands] Yay Gandolf!

Words to live by

"I decided that my desire for a beer trumped any journalistic responsibilities."

                                                                           Mark Haskell Smith

One man to another, the latter with yarmulke, in bathroom:

You're not the Israeli author, are you?

Advice from a kid who wandered into my office

Kid:  Why you have your glasses on?

Me:  I can't read without them, and that's mostly what I do.

Kid:  Don't ever read.

Beckett 3/1/1951

I do not believe in collaboration between the arts. I want a theatre reduced to its own means, speech and acting, without painting, without music, without embellishments.

Rejection Letter

"I can now only weakly say this: if the situation ever arose when Alfred A. Knopf was the only publishing house remaining in the world and I was the sole remaining author, that would mark the end of the world of books."   Norman Maclean

from Letters of Note:  http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/end-of-world-of-books.html

"Speaking of bananas, the doorbell rang again" -- Trail of the Spellmans

Your $2.00 shoes hurt my feet. -- Woody Guthrie

Nice Reading Guide

http://www.themillions.com/2012/04/killer-read.html

"This is the Reading Group Guide for the new psychological thriller, The Reading Group Killer. Based on a true story, The Reading Group Killer tells the story of a gruesome book club-turned-bloodbath when one member, after years of enjoying friendly discussion and light refreshments, transforms into a murderer. . . ."

-- Andrew Blachman