My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

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

And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

I had lost my sister recently, too, which meant that my whole family was gone. I was the baby of the family. There were five Sendaks and there were five Wild Things, and now there's only one Sendak, and he's about to bite the dust, too! Life, as I said before, was very difficult at that time and so it was natural that there would be a change in the look of things. Also, I was very impressed with my own strength in doing this under the circumstances in which I was living.

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

I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.

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.