"I write the poems first, with only a……" — Jack Prelutsky
"I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first."
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29 Quotes by Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky has 29 quotes on this site.
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The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.
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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin,…
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She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the…
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After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany…
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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
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I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat…
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I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that…
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I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.
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More Exception Quotes
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
— Jane Addams
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Science does not permit exceptions.
— Claude Bernard
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To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that…
— David Bowie
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Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money…
— Eli Broad
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There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting…
— Bill Bryson
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Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception…
— Julie Burchill
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The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove…
— Martin Van Buren
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Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous…
— William S. Burroughs
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
— Robert Burton
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My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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