Top 104 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

About Maurice Sendak

These are some quotes by American author Maurice Sendak Artist, who lived between June 10, 1928 and May 8, 2012.

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

Maurice Sendak

A book is a book is a book.

A book is a book is a book.

Maurice Sendak

My parents were very indiscrete.

My parents were very indiscrete.

Maurice Sendak

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?

Maurice Sendak

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

Maurice Sendak

I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. They're nowhere. I know they're nowhere and they don't exist, but if nowhere means that's where they are, that's where I want to be.

Maurice Sendak

I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.

I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.

Maurice Sendak

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

Maurice Sendak

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.

Maurice Sendak

I have a good life.

I have a good life.

Maurice Sendak

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