My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.
Maurice SendakIf I have an unusual gift, it's not that I draw particularly better than other people - I've never fooled myself about that. Rather it's that I remember things other people don't recall: the sounds and feelings and images - the emotional quality - of particular moments in childhood. Happily an essential part of myself - my dreaming life - still lives in the light of childhood.
Maurice SendakI'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
Maurice SendakTo be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.
Maurice Sendak