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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
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Maurice Bernard Sendak
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That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?
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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 stress character, character, character.
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there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality
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I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
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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 why, when I was younger, I was afraid of [writing] something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.
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Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.
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[Drawing] and making things was all we ever did. My brother and I built the entire New York World's Fair of 1939 in miniature out of wax. The floor of our room was covered with little waxen buildings. Nobody else could come in.
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And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
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Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.
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There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.
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Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
Maurice Sendak
I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
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I don't know how to write a children's book.
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The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.
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Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift.
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As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my life to them. I still do. I continue to do what I did as a child dream of books, make books and collect books.
Maurice Sendak
I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to think of it. We want them to be happy [but] childhood is a very tough time.
Maurice Sendak
I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television.
Maurice Sendak
I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.
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