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" Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.' "

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" Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. "

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

" Fun is good. "

" 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 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. "

" How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? "

" I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me! "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child. "

" The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. "

" Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! "

" Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. "

" Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. "

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

" You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. "

" Only you can control your future. "

" Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it. "

" A person's a person, no matter how small. "

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

" You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. "

" 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. "

" Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. "

" I am not a consecutive writer. "

" Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! "

" Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. "

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" Adults are obsolete children. "

" 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 make 'em, I amuse 'em. "