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Writing Quotes by Jack Prelutsky
- The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.
- Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
- I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
- 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 it…
- I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.
- 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 books…
- 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…
- Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
- The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway....
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
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- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov