Maurice Sendak : (4)

" I remember how much – when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of ‘Peter Pan.’ I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy. " - Maurice Sendak

" You can’t write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too. " - Maurice Sendak

" I don’t write for children. I write and someone says it’s for children. " - Maurice Sendak

" My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World. " - Maurice Sendak