Author: Shel Silverstein

Quotes

There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.

There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.

- Shel Silverstein

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.

- Shel Silverstein

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

- Shel Silverstein

I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.

I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.

- Shel Silverstein

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a bricklayer or anybody else.

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a bricklayer or anybody else.

- Shel Silverstein

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

- Shel Silverstein

I didn't have a lot of friends. I just walked around a lot and made up stories in my head. Then I'd go home and write them down. That's how I got started.

I didn't have a lot of friends. I just walked around a lot and made up stories in my head. Then I'd go home and write them down. That's how I got started.

- Shel Silverstein

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

- Shel Silverstein

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