In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger. Maurice Sendak Anger
I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. They're nowhere. I know they're nowhere and they don't exist, but if nowhere means that's where they are, that's where I want to be. Maurice Sendak Alone
To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. Maurice Sendak Trust
I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. Maurice Sendak Happiness
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. Maurice Sendak Humor
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 Music
Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing. Maurice Sendak Mom