Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Maurice Sendak

Always

Now

Worry

Related Quotes:

" I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead. "

" I'm not a religious person. "

" I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets. "

" I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person. "

" Kids are so shrewd. "

Maurice Sendak

Shrewd

Kids

" I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable. "

" Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean. "

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

" As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. "

" My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. "

" You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life. "

" 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. "

" I would infinitely prefer a daughter. "

" I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother. "

" I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be. "

" I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive? "

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

" Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it. "

" Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. "

" My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World. "

" A book is a book is a book. "

Maurice Sendak

Book

" I cry a lot because I miss people. "

" I didn't have much confidence in myself... never. "

" 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. "

" Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. "

" I'm not afraid of death. "

Maurice Sendak

Afraid

Death

" You don't want to do something that's all terrifying. "

" 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'm not Hans Christian Anderson. Nobody's gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won't have it, okay? "

Maurice Sendak

Christian

Nobody

" It's no fun being lonely. "