Maurice Sendak

A book is a book is a book. ↗

— 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

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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I have a good life. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I became a set designer for opera. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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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

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I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive? ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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