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Maurice Sendak quotes: There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

Maurice Sendak quotes: You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.

You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.

Maurice Sendak quotes: F**k them is what I say. I hate those ebooks. They can not be the future. They may well be. I will be dead. I won't give a s**t.

F**k them is what I say. I hate those ebooks. They can not be the future. They may well be. I will be dead. I won't give a s**t.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm not a religious person.

I'm not a religious person.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Each month is gay, Each season nice, When eating Chicken soup With rice

Each month is gay, Each season nice, When eating Chicken soup With rice

Maurice Sendak quotes: Kids lead a very private life.

Kids lead a very private life.

Maurice Sendak quotes: The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.

Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly ... and I want it to be for my brother.

I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly ... and I want it to be for my brother.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I hate those e-books. They can not be the future ... they may well be ... I will be dead.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future ... they may well be ... I will be dead.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I don't know how to write a children's book.

I don't know how to write a children's book.

Maurice Sendak quotes: 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.

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.

Maurice Sendak quotes: It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.

It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

Maurice Sendak quotes: All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.

Maurice Sendak quotes: The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been.

The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been.

Maurice Sendak quotes: The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

Maurice Sendak quotes: We all want to be renewed, don't we?

We all want to be renewed, don't we?

Maurice Sendak quotes: I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

Maurice Sendak quotes: I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

Maurice Sendak quotes: There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

Maurice Sendak quotes: There's so much more to book than just reading

There's so much more to book than just reading

Maurice Sendak quotes: There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen

There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen

Maurice Sendak quotes: I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.

Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I was miserable as a kid.

I was miserable as a kid.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Kids are so shrewd.

Kids are so shrewd.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

Maurice Sendak quotes: There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.

There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My therapies went on forever.

My therapies went on forever.

Maurice Sendak quotes: To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I became a set designer for opera.

I became a set designer for opera.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I refuse to lie to children.

I refuse to lie to children.

Maurice Sendak quotes: They leave me and I love them more.

They leave me and I love them more.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.

Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.

I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.

Maurice Sendak quotes: We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.

I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.

My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I have a good life.

I have a good life.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.

Maurice Sendak quotes: All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I didn't have much confidence in myself ... never.

I didn't have much confidence in myself ... never.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I cry a lot because I miss people.

I cry a lot because I miss people.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.

Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Messages are the death of an honest literary transaction with children

Messages are the death of an honest literary transaction with children

Maurice Sendak quotes: Childhood is cannibals and psychotics vomiting in your mouth!

Childhood is cannibals and psychotics vomiting in your mouth!

Maurice Sendak quotes: Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern,

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern,

Maurice Sendak quotes: You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.

Maurice Sendak quotes: You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

Maurice Sendak quotes: There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Dreams raise the emotional level of what I'm doing at the moment.

Dreams raise the emotional level of what I'm doing at the moment.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role.

I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role.

Maurice Sendak quotes: And the walls became the world all around.

And the walls became the world all around.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Let the wild rumpus start!

Let the wild rumpus start!

Maurice Sendak quotes: Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

Maurice Sendak quotes: 'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.

I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.

Maurice Sendak quotes: As a kid, all I thought about was death.

As a kid, all I thought about was death.

Maurice Sendak quotes: When you hide another story in a story, that's the story I am telling the children.

When you hide another story in a story, that's the story I am telling the children.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm a lucky buck.

I'm a lucky buck.

Maurice Sendak quotes: And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

Maurice Sendak quotes: We're animals. We're violent.

We're animals. We're violent.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I remember my own childhood vividly ... I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

I remember my own childhood vividly ... I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

Maurice Sendak quotes: I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

Maurice Sendak quotes: It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

Maurice Sendak quotes: And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I'm not afraid of death.

I'm not afraid of death.

Maurice Sendak quotes: William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

Maurice Sendak quotes: That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Oh, please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!

Oh, please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!

Maurice Sendak quotes: Childhood is a tricky business. Usually something goes wrong.

Childhood is a tricky business. Usually something goes wrong.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.

Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

Maurice Sendak quotes: There must be more to life than having everything!

There must be more to life than having everything!

Maurice Sendak quotes: I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.

I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

Maurice Sendak quotes: My parents were very indiscrete.

My parents were very indiscrete.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Inside all of us is HOPE. Inside all of us is FEAR. Inside all of us is ADVENTURE. Inside all of us is A WILD THING.

Inside all of us is HOPE. Inside all of us is FEAR. Inside all of us is ADVENTURE. Inside all of us is A WILD THING.

Maurice Sendak quotes: And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.

And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.

Maurice Sendak quotes: A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Never fear. When this rose blooms, you will be with me again.

Never fear. When this rose blooms, you will be with me again.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I don't need faith.

I don't need faith.

Maurice Sendak quotes: We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.

We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.

Maurice Sendak quotes: Make it dangerous or it's not worth doing.

Make it dangerous or it's not worth doing.

Maurice Sendak quotes: I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.