Author: Jack Prelutsky

Quotes

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

- Jack Prelutsky

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

- 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

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

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

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 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

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

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