While waiting for the first round of edits...

...for Chocolate Footprints, I am starting my research for the second volume of "The Sky of Home." 

Also, I am re-writing my ghost story. Originally my main character was in fifth grade. But now I am making her a ninth grader. Michaela discovers a door that mysteriously appears in her basement. Through that door is an evil ghost and a mystery to solve. 

I love a good story...

...book, TV or movie doesn't matter. A good story is a good story. And when a story is good, you can always find a quotable quote. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from my favorite movies. See if you can guess what movie they are from. Extra points if you know the character who said it:

- "I had no idea you could milk a cat."- "Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples."
- "I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?"
                         *****
"My precious."
                         *****
"Fish are friends, not food."
                         *****
 "I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight."
                         *****
 "I'll be back."
                         *****
"My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.'"
                        *****
 "You used to be much more...'muchier.' You've lost your muchness." 
                        *****
"There will come a time when you have a chance to do the right thing. I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by."
                        *****
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
                        *****
The power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less.

Can you guess the movie, without looking it up?  After your best guess, share your favorite quote.

Quotes from famous authors

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

- Henry David Thoreau

The middle of the road is where the white line is, and that's the worst place to drive.

- Robert Frost 

Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

- E. B. White

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

- Ernest Hemingway

This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back again.

- Oscar Wilde

I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.

- Washington Irving

Less is more.

- Robert Browning