And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

I wanted my wild things to be frightening.

Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they’re really protecting themselves. Besides, you can’t protect children. They know everything.