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Maurice Sendak Quotes: "'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father."

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "And the walls became the world all around."

And the walls became the world all around.




Maurice Sendak Quotes: "There must be more to life than having everything."

There must be more to life than having everything.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart."

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.




Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift."

Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do."

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life."

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.




Maurice Sendak Quotes: "A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful."

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them."

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "There's so much more to a book than just the reading."

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice."

Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.




Maurice Sendak Quotes: "And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all."

And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest."

Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen."

There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "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."

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.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "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."

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.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent."

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think."

Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them."

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more."

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality"

there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work."

Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Oh, please don't go — we'll eat you up — we love you so!"

Oh, please don't go — we'll eat you up — we love you so!



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "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 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.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing."

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'"

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination."

Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws."

And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother."

I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything."

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness."

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence."

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do."

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



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person."

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men."

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat."

I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television."

I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross."

If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again."

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I’m not Hans Christian Andersen. Nobody’s gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won’t have it, okay?"

I’m not Hans Christian Andersen. Nobody’s gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won’t have it, okay?



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life."

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life."

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult."

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing."

Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart."

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead."

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot"

And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot



Maurice Sendak Quotes: "I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way."

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.