Dr. Seuss: 25 quotes on his birthday

Here are 25 quotes from everyone's favorite subversive rhyming children's author.

12. On the inspiration for "Horton Hatches the Egg"

"I remember I was drawing a picture of an elephant, just doodling, and when I moved the piece of paper, I saw that it had traced onto another drawing of a tree. So there was this elephant sitting up in a tree. Of course, I had to figure out what it was doing there. I thought about it and realized it was obvious: the elephant was up there sitting on an egg."

From an interview with Parenting

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