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My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

Jack Prelutsky

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Jack Prelutsky

Imagination

There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

Jack Prelutsky

Poetry

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.