As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you cant tell your parents that. – Maurice Sendak
I became a set designer for opera. Im a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. – Maurice Sendak

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you cant tell your parents that. – Maurice Sendak
I became a set designer for opera. Im a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. – Maurice Sendak
In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. Theres a cruelty to childhood, theres an anger. – Maurice Sendak
Most children – I know I did when I was a kid – fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They dont tell their real parents about that – you dont want to tell Mom and Dad. – Maurice Sendak
To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam. – Giada De Laurentiis