I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
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 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
I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
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 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
Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Bumble-Ardy is a very wicked little child as far as I'm concerned. He's not to be trusted. — 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
Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“The qualities that make for excellence in children's literature can be summed up in a single word: imagination. And imagination as it… — 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
That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
