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
It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)
I meant no harm I most truly did not, but I had to grow bigger so bigger I got. I biggered my factory, I biggered my roads, I biggered the wagons, I biggered the loads, of the Thneeds I shipped out I was shipping them forth from the South, to the East, to the West. To the North, I went right on biggering selling more thneeds. And I biggered my money which everyone needs.
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)
And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed).
Sam Ran Over Sand or Sand Ran Over Sam,
Thank goodness for all of the things you are not!Thank goodness you're not something someone forgot,and left all alone in some punkerish placelike a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.Thats why I say "Duckie!don't grumble! don't stew!some critters are much-much,oh, ever so much-much,so muchly much-much more unlucky than you!
I am a zizzer zazzer zuzz as you can plainly see.
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond 'Z' and start poking around!
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.
Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.