56 Quotes by Jack Prelutsky

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....

You’re nasty and you’re loud,you’re mean enough for two,If I could be a cloud,I’d rain all day on you.

We Built a Castle Near the Rocks,we built it out of sand.Our fortress was an ice-cream boxwith turret, tall and grand.Our men were twigs, our gun were strawsfrom which we'd sipped at lunch.We had the best of wars...till someone's footwentCRUNCH![Joan Walsh Anglund]

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels, Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms. In masks and gown we haunt the street And knock on doors for trick or treat. Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween!

I'm incredibly excited about Awful Ogre. The ogre is my alter ego. It's a day in the life of an ogre, from when he gets up until he goes to bed.

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

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.

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.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.