Born on 2 March 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel a.k.a. Dr Seuss doesn’t need any introduction. His name is enough to magnify the opulence he achieved through his works.
During his studies at Dartmouth and Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, Theodor adopted the pen name ‘Dr. Seuss’ which the world adores enormously. His love interest Helen Palmer advised him to give up his pursuit of earning a PhD in Literature from the Oxford in hope of becoming a professional in drawing.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Dr. Seuss was always in love with writing and wanted to achieve some great in life. His dream was to be a children’s book author while working for Vanity Fair and Life as a writer. He also created political cartoons for a newspaper and wrote some short films for the US Army. He worked in drawing advertisements for NBC, General Electric and so on companies. But it was not his mission in life. His heart was in writing stories for children.
Some people are meant to achieve success, even though they call it quits, sometimes, their way is found by the universe. It was the year 1937 when Dr Seuss completed his first book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”. On his way home after getting a fresh rejection, Dr. Seuss decided to burn his manuscript, but he bumped into an old Dartmouth classmate, who stopped him from burning his manuscript, which was rejected by 28 different publishers. He was an editor at Random House/Vanguard Press and helped his book through the production.
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.
In the words of John O’Hara who once held the publishing office that got the honour to introduce Dr. Seuss to the world, “I’ve published any number of great writers, from William Faulkner to John O’Hara, but there’s only one genius on my authors’ list. His name is Ted Geisel.”
From there, Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel never looked back. He became a renowned children’s book author and his classics The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham are read by millions. At the time of his death in 1991, he had already sold over 600 million copies and his work was translated into 20 languages by then.
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
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