William Steig Quotes

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works

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

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

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

How deeply one felt when alone.

He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness.

Why had he wanted to be rich, or to feel rich? Was he an unhappy mouse before? Didn't he see the King himself often looking sad? Was anyone completely happy?

The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.

The stubbornness of his character stood him now in good stead. He refused to consider himself defeated.

He began to develop an obstinate patience.

I wish I were a rock, ' he said, and he became a rock.