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You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.
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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I'm totally crazy, I know that.
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How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it
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In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.
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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 what they think, not what they think they should think.
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If you're making it up, make it up good. And then believe in what you made up.
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Oh, please don't go — we'll eat you up — we love you so!
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