267 Quotes by Shel Silverstein

What you've got to say, you say.

I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My concentration seems very short.

When I was younger, I wasn't making it, and I was mad at everybody who was.

I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.

I didn't have a lot of friends. I just walked around a lot and made up stories in my head. Then I'd go home and write them down. That's how I got started.

There was a lot about the military that I thought was pretty silly, but these cartoons weren't meant to take a poke at anybody or anything. They were meant to make people laugh.