Top 104 Quotes by Maurice Sendak

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

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

A book is a book is a book.

My parents were very indiscrete.

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?

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

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

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

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.

I have a good life.