Maurice Bernard Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.
I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. Use this quote
My being gay was something of not great interest to me. Use this quote
My work is not great, but it's respectable. Use this quote
Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously. Use this quote
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. Use this quote
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. Use this quote
I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. Use this quote
I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child. Use this quote
There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books. Use this quote
To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. Use this quote
