A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Bumble-Ardy looks like a happy book. That's the funniest thing about it. But this was survival. I was working very hard to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
It was a very difficult time. I was working on [umble-Ardy] when my partner and friend was dying of cancer. We set… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I was sickly as a child and gravitated to books and drawing. During my early teen years, I spent hundreds of hours… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
An illustrator in my own mind - and this is not a truth of any kind - is someone who so falls… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire trouble. I… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share
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![“I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2f7/maurice-sendak-1273_believe_i-hate-ebooks-it-s-like-making-believe-t_766419.jpg)
![“It was a very difficult time. I was working on [umble-Ardy] when my partner and friend was dying of cancer. We set up a room in the house to be like a hospital room. Eugene died, and then I had bypass surgery. I was doing the book to stay sane while all this was going on.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/546/maurice-sendak-1273_book_it-was-a-very-difficult-time-i-was-worki_2340683.jpg)
