Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geiselwas an American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 March 1904
CitySpringfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I know I am in love because I am finding it difficult to fall asleep nowadays. This is because after having you around me now I find that reality is better than dreams.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...
Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.
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.
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.
In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.
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."~
Adults are only obsolete children.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.