I wanted my wild things to be frightening.

Grown-ups desperately need to feel safe, and then they project onto the kids. But what none of us seem to realize is how smart kids are. They don’t like what we write for them, what we dish up for them, because it’s vapid, so they’ll go for the hard words, they’ll go for the hard concepts, they’ll go for the stuff where they can learn something. Not didactic things, but passionate things.

My brother, who was older, was the gifted one, much more talented than I.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.

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

Bumble-Ardy is a very wicked little child as far as I'm concerned. He's not to be trusted.