Parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don’t. We do. – Maurice Sendak
I became a set designer for opera. I’m a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. – Maurice Sendak
I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better. – Maurice Sendak
I think people should be given a test much like driver’s tests as to whether they’re capable of being parents! It’s an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That’s just work that’s too hard. – Maurice Sendak
Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown… There’s something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it’s hard to take him seriously. – Maurice Sendak
I can’t believe I’ve turned into a typical old man. I can’t believe it. I was young just minutes ago. – Maurice Sendak
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don’t know. I don’t know. I’ve convinced myself – I hope I’m right – that children despair of you if you don’t tell them the truth. – Maurice Sendak
I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive? – Maurice Sendak
Parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. – Maurice Sendak
I’d like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever. – Maurice Sendak
I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly… and I want it to be for my brother. – Maurice Sendak
