318 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

It’s no fun being lonely.

I don’t know how to write a children’s book.

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.

I’m totally crazy, I know that.

There’s something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

I’ve always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more.

There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.

I do not remember any proper children’s books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.