9 Quotes & Sayings By Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky has been an actor, director, producer, composer, teacher, writer, magician, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born in Los Angeles on May 31, 1933. With a degree in physics from Stanford University and a Masters in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley, he has taught at various colleges and universities, including Stanford. Currently he is the director of The Language Institute at the University of California at Berkeley Read more

He has published numerous books on children's literature and education. Jack is also a singer-songwriter who has performed in over thirty countries.

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I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I don't don't know why know why, I simply know that I I Iam am inclined to say to saya lot a lot this way this way- I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. My mom my mom gets mad gets mad, it irritates my dad my dad, it drives them up a tree a tree, that's what they tell they tell me me- I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. It gets me in a jam a jam, but that's the way I am I am, in fact I think it's neat it's neatto to to to repeat repeat- I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. Jack Prelutsky
The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but...
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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.... Jack Prelutsky
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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. Jack Prelutsky
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Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. Jack Prelutsky
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Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect. Jack Prelutsky
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine. Jack Prelutsky
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading. Jack Prelutsky
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. Jack Prelutsky