Dr. Seuss

“I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”

“Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.”

“And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”

“I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.”

“I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.”

“How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat”

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles......they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.”

“How a plain and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story that no one can beat”

“Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'”

“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”

“I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

“Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't..”

“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”

“Everything stinks till it’s finished.”

“Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.”

“But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have trouble with me!”

“You make 'em, I amuse 'em.”

“Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~”