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

Quote by Jack Prelutsky

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Jack Prelutsky is an American children's literature writer, born on September 8, 1940. His works are known for their humor and poetic style, beloved by both children and adults. more

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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 down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.”

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“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 helps me with the meter.”

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

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

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“I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.”

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

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“My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.”

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

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