Maurice Sendak

Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#knowing #mean #necessarily #things #without

We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#violent

We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#because #deeply #naturally #supposed #these

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#children #deep #difficult #how #i

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

— Maurice Sendak

#father #mother #psychotic #scariest #stories

Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#safe #stories #wonderful #yes

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#happy #masterpieces #too #write #you

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#cannot #children #complicated #interest #much

You don't want to do something that's all terrifying. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#terrifying #want #you

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#conjunction #explain #hear #i #i am