Over the years I've come across some wonderful and outrageous quotes. Here are a few of my favorites:

Lady Astor: "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."
Winston Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."  Anatole France

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is  full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."  Calvin Coolidge

"Life isn't always fair. There are times when confrontation seems to be the only way to clear the air. At times like that, how you feel about yourself can make  all the difference in the world." (I don't know who said  this, but I love it.)

"I write for the same reason is breathe - because if I didn't, I would die."  Isaac Asimov

"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."  Somerset Maugham

And my absolute favorite, reserved for  "special" people...drum roll please...
"Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. You'd know what a drag it is to see you."  Bob Dylan

Have you come across any quotes that make you think or laugh or 

At long last! The book I and my co-writer have been working on for the last 7 years is finally nearing completion.

Wesley Morse was my father-in-law. He glorified the American Girl for the Ziegfeld Follies and drew some of the most infamous Tijuana Bibles. His Copacabana art is an icon of the golden age of 1940s nightclubs, and his pin-up art is equal to that of Alberto Vargas and George Petty. Yet until now, little has been known about Wesley Morse, the man. Such mystery surrounds him that he has often been called the J.D. Salinger of the art world. But he was very much a man of the time—the golden age of nightclubs and speakeasies—and more importantly, the place—New York City.


The book follows his life and artwork from the colorful world of the Ziegfeld Follies, to the decadent world of New York City during Prohibition and the stylish nightclub scene of the 1940s and 50s,  and features rare and unseen artwork from the creator of the world famous Bazooka Joe comics and 80 exclusive, previously unpublished, full-color illustrations from the Taylor-Morse Collection. It reveals how a tragedy led to the creation of Bazooka Joe and gives a glimpse into the life of a private man whose art became his voice.