Book Quote by Maurice Sendak

“I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.”

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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 see Bumble-Ardy as a lonely, unhappy kid who is doing the very best he can to be in the world, to have a party.

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I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna…

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The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

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The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,…

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“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to…

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I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

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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 good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind, if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story, but he must…

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I'm a lucky buck.

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I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

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It's no fun being lonely.

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It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.

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I cry a lot because I miss people.

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