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
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
As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. — 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
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
Thank God that Bumble-Ardy's parents are dead so we don't have to wonder what they did to him. We only know that… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and… — 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
