318 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

Sendak is in search of what he calls a “yummy death”. William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. “A happy death,” says Sendak. “It can be done.” He lifts his eyebrows to two peaks. “If you’re William Blake and totally crazy.

I’m gay. I just didn’t think it was anybody’s business.

It’s only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

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 don’t write for children. I write, and somebody says, ‘That’s for children.’

And the wild things... gnashed their terrible teeth...

You can’t get rid of evil. We can’t, and I feel that so intensely.

Each month is gay, Each season nice, When eating Chicken soup With rice.

I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It’s my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find hidden in my head. I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain-sharpenin g exercises.