Author: Jack Prelutsky

Quotes

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

- Jack Prelutsky

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.

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

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

- 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.

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

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

- Jack Prelutsky

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

- Jack Prelutsky

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

- Jack Prelutsky

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

- 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.

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

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