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
The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.
Now... thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground, there's not enough Truffula Fruit to go 'round.
It's a troublesome world. All the people who're in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot,for the places and people you're lucky you're not.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
A life is a life no matter how small
Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can do better than this.” The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be “We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.
You can't dribble on bow ties.
I box in yellow Gox box socks.
How true, how true" said the Sour Kangaroo, "And from now on, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going to protect them with you!" And the Young Kangaroo in her pouch said "Me too!
For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.
I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy.