“We Built a Castle Near the Rocks, we built it out of sand. Our fortress was an ice-cream box with turret, tall and grand. Our men were twigs, our gun were straws from which we'd sipped at lunch. We had… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
![“We Built a Castle Near the Rocks, we built it out of sand. Our fortress was an ice-cream box with turret, tall and grand. Our men were twigs, our gun were straws from which we'd sipped at lunch. We had the best of wars... till someone's foot went CRUNCH! [Joan Walsh Anglund]” quote by Jack Prelutsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/957/jack-prelutsky-18522_castles_we-built-a-castle-near-the-rocks-we-buil_2541096.jpg)
