Maurice Sendak

I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.