As a kid, all I thought about was death. – Maurice Sendak
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 didnt want to be a child. – 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
Ive convinced myself – I hope Im right – that children despair of you if you dont tell them the truth. – Maurice Sendak
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybodys reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge