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Writing Quotes by Maurice Sendak
- I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words…
- I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's…
- I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'
- As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is…
- I don't know how to write a children's book.
- How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it
- You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
- I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
- I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you…
- Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not…
- Grown-ups desperately need to feel safe, and then they project onto the kids. But what none of us seem to realize is how smart kids…
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