When I was younger, I wasn’t making it, and I was mad at everybody who was. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
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. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
I couldn’t play ball. I couldn’t dance. Luckily, the girls didn’t want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
I’m free to leave… go wherever I please, do whatever I want; I believe everyone should live like that. Don’t be dependent on anyone else – man, woman, child, or dog. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
The child asks, ‘Why don’t I have this happiness thing you’re telling me about?’ Shel Silverstein Read Quote
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. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
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. Shel Silverstein Read Quote
