I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.
From Maurice Sendak
I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.
As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
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.
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 think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.
I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.
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