William Steig Quotes

When I was an adolescent, Tahiti was a paradise. I made up my mind to settle there someday. I was going to be a seaman like Melville, but the Great Depression put me to work as a cartoonist to support the family. - William Steig

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. - William Steig

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. - William Steig

If I'd had it my way, I'd have been a professional athlete, a sailor, a beachcomber, or some other form of hobo, a painter, a gardener, a novelist, a banjo-player, a traveler, anything but a rich man. - William Steig

I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up. - William Steig

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