Maurice Sendak Quotes
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Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.
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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'
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My work is not great, but it's respectable.
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Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.
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Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.
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There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.
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When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
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I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.
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I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.
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I feel extremely vulnerable.
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People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.
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There must be more to life than having everything.
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I don't need faith.
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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.
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I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
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I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
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I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.
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You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.