When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all. — 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
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
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
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
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
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
“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
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
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
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
I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
