Born on 2nd 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 Oxford University to become a drawing professional.
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 great things in life. His dream was to be a children’s book author while working as a writer for Vanity Fair and Life. He also created political cartoons for a newspaper and wrote some short films for the US Army. He worked drawing advertisements for NBC, General Electric, and other 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, the universe finds its way. 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. Still, he bumped into an old Dartmouth classmate, who stopped him from burning his manuscript, which 28 different publishers rejected. 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.”
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From there, Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel never looked back. He became a renowned children’s book author, and millions read his classics The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. At the time of his death in 1991, he had already sold over 600 million copies, and his work had been 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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