Top 14 Quotes About Writing Dr Seuss
#1. I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.
Matt Kemp
#2. Whatever our frame of mind, whether ecstasy or depression, David has exactly described our emotions.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#3. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
Dr. Seuss
#4. I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It's just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that's what made me realize what an advantage that is.
Jon Scieszka
#5. The less serious running of any description which an athlete indulges in before eighteen, the better for his future prospects.
Alfred Shrubb
#7. A kid is a guy I never wrote down to. He's interested in what I say if I make it interesting.
Dr. Seuss
#8. I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a laugh. For another thing, writing is easier than digging ditches. Well, actually, that's an exaggeration. It isn't.
Dr. Seuss
#9. I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
J. Michael Straczynski
#10. Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
Dr. Seuss
#11. The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.
Dr. Seuss
#12. The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.
Dr. Seuss
#13. I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably ... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.
Dr. Seuss
#14. I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of stories where his trademark anarchy is combined with a tautness of writing that shines an affectionate yet uncompromising spotlight on some of the absurdities of human behaviour.
Giles Andreae
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