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
How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.' — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“F**k them is what I say. I hate those ebooks. They can not be the future. They may well be. I will… — 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
It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything. — 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
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 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
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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