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 More Quotes by Maurice Sendak More Quotes From Maurice Sendak I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them Maurice Sendak childhood scare adults What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe. Maurice Sendak leaving-a-legacy legacy leaving Childhood is cannibals and psychotics vomiting in your mouth! Maurice Sendak vomiting childhood mouths I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever. Maurice Sendak judgment taste believe Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. Maurice Sendak parent kids children My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. Maurice Sendak bad-health brooklyn danger Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk. Maurice Sendak movie two children As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. Maurice Sendak parent kids That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? Maurice Sendak mother father children I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' Maurice Sendak tag idiot names I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! Maurice Sendak parent people thinking I'm totally crazy, I know that. Maurice Sendak crazy knows I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable. Maurice Sendak childhood brother made It's no fun being lonely. Maurice Sendak being-lonely lonely fun When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children. Maurice Sendak stories children 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 crazy children I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning. Maurice Sendak mourning grew-up house There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me. Maurice Sendak mystery nuts together Herman Melville said that artists have to take a dive and either you hit your head on a rock and you split your skull and you die … or that blow to the head is so inspiring that you come back and do the best work that you ever did. BUT you have to take the dive and you do not know what the results will be. Maurice Sendak rocks artist blow I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again. Maurice Sendak afterlife brother believe
