We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. We're not so far away from the gorillas and the apes, those beautiful creatures.
Maurice SendakI'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
Maurice SendakI've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.
Maurice SendakFor my father the one calamity was that my brother and sister and I never learned to swim. My father, who was very macho, was a strong swimmer and was terribly disappointed to have children who didn't swim. Once when my mother was sitting in a beach chair - I can still see the big umbrella - she called to my father, "Throw them in! Throw them in! They'll swim!" So he did. Then he looked down, and there were the three Sendak children lying perfectly still underwater, not fighting for life!
Maurice Sendak