Dreams raise the emotional level of what I'm doing at the moment.
And the walls became the world all around.
Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.
I'm gay. I just didn't think it was anybody's business.
I really don't like the city anymore. You get pushed and harassed and people grope you. It's too tumultuous. It's too crazy.
Sendak is in search of what he calls a "yummy death". William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. "A happy death," says Sendak. "It can be done." He lifts his eyebrows to two peaks. "If you're William Blake and totally crazy.