318 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?

All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.

I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy.

I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man.

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.