Quotes from the ALPHA SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers, 2003

"He could run, run as fast as he could. They couldn't catch him. He was the gingerbread man." - David Barr Kirtley, on when not to use indirect thoughts

"I felt up the seat so Leen wouldn't die!"
- Megan

"Nuns can be either male or female."
- Ade (I meant to say "nouns")

"Nothing brings people together like cannibalism!"
- Megan

(while discussing Ade's middle name)
Megan: It begins with E...
Ade: And ends with shut up!

"Don't question the pickles!" - Julie

"That's an adverb, Paul"
"I...use adverbs."
"Regularly."
"Consistently."
- Tom, Paul, Emma, Paul

"the crazy midwife ate Thomas as the seven stars fell on his head" - the chalkboard in Powers Hall
[Though I still think it started out crazed...]

"Cracktastic." -Gen, Also: "It's thong-tastic."

"It's not all skittles and beer" - Tammy, on writing

"Tur is Tur. Sometimes, they said it backwards: Tur is Tur." - Frederik Poul

"I told the writers: get it on! Really do it!" - Harlan Ellison

"It doesn't actually affect movement."
"So basically, you got lucky."
"It won't happen again."
"Well, it's not my arm."
"No, I meant get lucky."
- Tom & John

"I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly." - Harry Turtledove

"Bruce rejected me!" Paul, on seeing "Paul + Bruce = true love" on the Alphabits board

"I'm in a critiqutacular mood." - Zara

"I object to being a sexual figure to girls." - Tom

"I'm not going to eat my own brain." - Thomas

"I want to be a candy stripper!" - Gen

"Stop molesting me with your words!" - Richard to Leen

"3 bucks and you can take me home." - Lawrence Connolley

"So, have you had Tammy for lunch yet?" Lindsey to Paul

"That's like injecting yourself with AIDs to lose weight." - Lindsey

"Aah! My feet! They're all twitchy!" - Tom

"Look, his fins go flippy."
"And his mouth goes uppy!"
- Nora & Megan

"I want the Pope. He's a hottie." - Lindsey

"Slash, please." - David Barr Kirtley to Lindsey

"That would be, like, for so cool." - Slade

"So much cool!" - Slade

"Who cares?"
"Ronald Reagan cares."
- Lindsey & Tom

"I want to be the duke of Chicago." - Zoë

"I'm secretly working for the government of secret... Wales. Secret shirtless Wales!" - Tom

"The flower never lies!" - Zara (Don't ask [her]...)

"Sucks-to-be-you-tastic." - Julie

"I'd rather have a one-eyed freak. It tickles less." - Julie

"I feel like I should be killing leprechauns to ths music." - Megan

"As an uneducated limey, where's New Hampshire?" - Tom

"Mommy loves me. " - Paul