Artist Quotes by Jack Prelutsky

There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger…

— Jack Prelutsky

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I…

— Jack Prelutsky

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.

— Jack Prelutsky

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

— Jack Prelutsky

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

— Jack Prelutsky

The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.

— Jack Prelutsky

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

— Jack Prelutsky

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

— Jack Prelutsky

“I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I don't don't know why know why, I simply know that I I I am…

— Jack Prelutsky

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

— Jack Prelutsky

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes…

— Jack Prelutsky

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia,…

— Jack Prelutsky

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

— Jack Prelutsky

I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

— Jack Prelutsky

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

— Jack Prelutsky