318 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

Parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don’t. We do.

I have this idiot name tag which says ‘controversial.’

And it’s one of the sexiest things you will ever read of how slow you should take the peach. Don’t rush it.

I don’t want to lose hope.

Dreams raise the emotional level of what I’m doing at the moment.

The magic of childhood is the strangeness of childhood – the uniqueness that makes us see things that other people don’t see.

Let the wild rumpus start!

There’s so much more to a book than just the reading.

I said anything I wanted because I don’t believe in children I don’t believe in childhood. I don’t believe that there’s a demarcation. ‘Oh you mustn’t tell them that. You mustn’t tell them that.’ You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it’s true. If it’s true you tell them.