I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable. 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 childhoodscareadults What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe. Maurice Sendak leaving-a-legacylegacyleaving Childhood is cannibals and psychotics vomiting in your mouth! Maurice Sendak vomitingchildhoodmouths 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 judgmenttastebelieve Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. Maurice Sendak parentkidschildren My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. Maurice Sendak bad-healthbrooklyndanger 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 movietwochildren As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. Maurice Sendak parentkids 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 motherfatherchildren I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' Maurice Sendak tagidiotnames I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! Maurice Sendak parentpeoplethinking I'm totally crazy, I know that. Maurice Sendak crazyknows 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 classical-musicoperadesigner It's no fun being lonely. Maurice Sendak being-lonelylonelyfun When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children. Maurice Sendak storieschildren 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 angercrazychildren I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning. Maurice Sendak mourninggrew-uphouse There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me. Maurice Sendak mysterynutstogether 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 rocksartistblow I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again. Maurice Sendak afterlifebrotherbelieve
