Character Character Quotes by Maurice Sendak

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

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

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

— Maurice Sendak

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

“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

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

— Maurice Sendak

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

I'm a lucky buck.

— Maurice Sendak

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

— Maurice Sendak

It's no fun being lonely.

— Maurice Sendak

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

— Maurice Sendak

I cry a lot because I miss people.

— Maurice Sendak

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

— Maurice Sendak

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

— Maurice Sendak

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

— Maurice Sendak