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Maurice Sendak Quotes - Page 6

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

"Among the Wild Things" by Nat Hentoff, www.newyorker.com. January 22, 1966.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

"'Wild Things' author isn't wild about Hollywood" by Jake Coyle, www.today.com. October 13, 2009.

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

"Maurice Sendak Sheds Moonlight on a Dark Tale" by Sarah Lyall, www.nytimes.com. September 20, 1993.

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

"Bonus Material From Our Exclusive 'Where The Wild Things Are' Roundtable". Interview With Ramin Setoodeh, www.newsweek.com. October 9, 2009.

I'm totally crazy, I know that.

Interview with Emma Brockes, www.believermag.com. November/December 2012.

I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.

"This Pig Wants To Party: Maurice Sendak's Latest". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 20, 2011.

It's no fun being lonely.

"Maurice Sendak: 'I refuse to lie to children'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2011.

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

"Maurice Sendak: On Life, Death And Children's Lit". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 29, 2011.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

"Bonus Material From Our Exclusive 'Where The Wild Things Are' Roundtable". Interview With Andrew Romano, www.newsweek.com. October 9, 2009.

And it's one of the sexiest things you will ever read of how slow you should take the peach. Don't rush it.

"Maurice Sendak: 'Where the Wild Things Are'". "NOW" with Bill Moyers, March 12, 2004.

Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice.

Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months (1962)

If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.

"The Paternal Pride of Maurice Sendak" by Bernard Holland, www.nytimes.com. November 8, 1987.

My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

Interview with Emma Brockes, www.believermag.com. November/December 2012.