I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to write extraordinary things, and to really find myself.
![I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to write extraordinary things, and to really find myself.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/maurice-sendak/i-thought-that-if-i-were-going-into-old-age-i-would-want-to-do-what-giuseppe-verdi-did-which.jpg)