I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished ... do I begin the pictures.
Maurice SendakI want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
Maurice SendakChildren do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.
Maurice Sendak