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
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 had lost my sister recently, too, which meant that my whole family was gone. I was the baby of the family.… — 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
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/546/maurice-sendak-1273_book_it-was-a-very-difficult-time-i-was-worki_2340683.jpg)
