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
Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!
Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.
Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.
Adults are just outdated children.
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children]
Adults are obsolete children.
Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.
Adults are only obsolete children.
You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
And the turtles, of course... All the turtles are free- As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
And will you succeed?Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)