I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.
From 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.
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.
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 something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.
I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
It's no fun being lonely.
My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.
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.
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