Dr. Seuss Quotes

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing,

I always tell myself,

'You can do better than this.'

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.

When at last we are sure,

You've been properly pilled,

Then a few paper forms,

Must be properly filled.

So that you and your heirs,

May be properly billed.

Preachers in pulpits talked about

what a great message is in the book.

No matter what you do,

somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.

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.

Hollywood is not suited for me,

and I am not suited for it.

I start drawing,

and eventually the characters,

involve themselves in a situation,

Then in the end,

I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

I am not a consecutive writer.

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.

You make 'em,

I amuse 'em.

Every once in a while, I get mad.

'The Lorax' came out of my being angry.

The ecology books I'd read were dull...

In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack

what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.

You can get help from teachers,

but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself,

sitting alone in a room.

Fun is good.

You're never too old,

too wacky,

too wild,

to pick up a book and read to a child.

Sometimes, when I see

my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own,

I wish I were a child.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Adults are obsolete children.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

'The Lorax' book was intended to be propaganda.