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I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
Maurice Sendak
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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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You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.
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I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.
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I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.
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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 wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
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'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother stupid, inane father.
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I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.
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If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.
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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 worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.
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My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.
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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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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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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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You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.
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there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality
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It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day. I'm pretty good. I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk.
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