Maurice Sendak Quotes
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A book is a book is a book.
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I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.
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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.
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As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.
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To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.
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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.
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I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.
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I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.
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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
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I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better.
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I have a good life.
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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.
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I refuse to lie to children.
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My parents were very indiscrete.
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I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.
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The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been.
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I'm sick of 'Wild Things.'
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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad.
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I became a set designer for opera.
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I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
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My being gay was something of not great interest to me.
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Hitler made a film about 'Hitler gives a camp to the Jews'. And they look all shiny. And they're drawing. And they're playing volleyball. And people are dancing. And people are having a wonderful time. And everybody fell for it.
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You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.