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Famous Maurice Sendak Quotes
“And the walls became the world all around.”
Source: Where the wild things are
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
Source: Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children
“I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'”
“That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.”
“Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.”
“All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.”
“Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.”
“I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.”
“There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.”
“Kids books Grownup books That's just marketing. Books are books.”
“I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.”
“I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.”
“When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.”
“Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.”
“What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.”
“I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.”
“Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.”