Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe. — 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
When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. — 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 have nothing now but praise for my life. I'm not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die… — 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
Inside all of us is HOPE. Inside all of us is FEAR. Inside all of us is ADVENTURE. Inside all of us… — 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
