I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

One of the beauties of being an artist is that you can create a whole new world, with circumstances that are better in your invented world than they are in the real world.

I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.

We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they’re really protecting themselves. Besides, you can’t protect children. They know everything.

From their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.