Inspirations Cartoons

"Og discovered fire, and Thorak invented the wheel. There's nothing left for us."

"What rhymes with 'failed marriage'?"

A sensitive, well-balanced thought attempts to enter the daydreaming room, but is rebuffed by emotionless thermal windows.

"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."

"You see, darling, he plays a Steinway, just like you."

"Young people today need heroes - that's why I hired a P.R. firm."

"I get my best ideas in airports, peeking at other people's laptops."

"Sue the bastards."

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

Wishful Thinking

"It's like 'Family Circus' meets 'The Wire,' but on a cruise ship."

"Very few new ideas come into Arthur's head anymore. He's living on his fat."

"You know what I wish? I wish there was a foundation that gave grants just to lie fallow for a year or so."

"Here's another one about Teddy bears."

"Go do something, honey. Then you can write in your journal."

Dickens' First Encounter with a Martini

"No, I don't think I have a book in me. I think I have a chicken in me."

"The inspiring story of one family's incredible journey from a two-bedroom condo on West Sixty-sixth Street to a three-bedroom co-op on East Eighty-third."

"So much for listening to one's muse."

The artist wakes refreshed, creative juices flowing.

A Martha Stewart Moment in Apartment 8-J

"If you kids want to grow up to be writers, it's time we give you something to write about."

"Do you have any advice for me? I'm writing a children's book."

"This is a selection from my novel about a writers' group that has one real writer and five wanna-be b*****s."

"I make sure I spend six hours a day in front of my typewriter whether I have any ideas or not."