And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
Maurice SendakBumble-Ardy looks like a happy book. That's the funniest thing about it. But this was survival. I was working very hard to survive.
Maurice SendakChildren are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.
Maurice SendakI think that if in your heart, you are seeking out a real puzzle, and you're not looking to frighten anybody, you're not looking to upset anybody, and you're looking to discuss a subject that you yourself went through when you were nine - you just don't remember the difficulties of one's own childhood.
Maurice SendakAll I liked to do when I was a kid was draw. My childhood was like my adult life: drawing pictures with my brother, putting the comics up on the glass window, and tracing the characters onto tracing paper or drawing paper and then coloring them. That and making things was all we ever did.
Maurice Sendak