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

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See also. Most noted for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto he was also the creator of Shrek! who inspired the popular movie series of the same name. His brother Irwin was a journalist and painter and his brother Henry was a writer who played the saxophone and painted.

Steig received acclaim not only for the quality of his illustrations but for the gracefulness of his prose style. Most noted for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto he was also the creator of Shrek! who inspired the popular movie series of the same name. William Steig (November 14 1907 – October 3 2003) was a prolific American cartoonist sculptor and later in life an illustrator and writer of popular children's literature.