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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 quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: 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 quotes: His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: If you don't believe in dragons, It is curiously true That the dragons you disparage Choose to not believe in you.

If you don't believe in dragons,
It is curiously true
That the dragons you disparage
Choose to not believe in you.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: 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 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 quotes: 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 quotes: She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.

The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: 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 quotes: I'm never bored.

I'm never bored.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: 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 quotes: You're nasty and you're loud,you're mean enough for two,If I could be a cloud,I'd rain all day on you.

You're nasty and you're loud,
you're mean enough for two,
If I could be a cloud,
I'd rain all day on you.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets ... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets ... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

Jack Prelutsky quotes: A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.