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Jack Prelutsky quotes

American Poet September 8, 1940

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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's. Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky quote: "I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own..."
I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood. Jack Prelutsky
I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor. Jack Prelutsky
My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids. Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky quote: "Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some..."
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. Jack Prelutsky
I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I don't don't know why know why, I simply know that I I Iam am inclined to say to saya lot a lot this way this way-I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. My mom my mom gets mad gets mad, it irritates my dad my dad, it drives them up a tree a tree, that's what they tell they tell me me-I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I often repeat repeat myself, I often... Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky quote: "Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I..."
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career. Jack Prelutsky
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter. Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky quote: "I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I..."
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read. Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky quote: "I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the..."
I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. Jack Prelutsky
There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do. Jack Prelutsky
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading. Jack Prelutsky
My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts. Jack Prelutsky
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. Jack Prelutsky
The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.... Jack Prelutsky

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