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" It's no fun being lonely. "
Maurice Sendak
No Fun
Being
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" 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. "
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" I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. "
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" Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid. "
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" I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role. "
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" I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive? "
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" I'm not afraid of death. "
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" I cry a lot because I miss people. "
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" I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better. "
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" I hate people. "
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" My work is not great, but it's respectable. "
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" I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. "
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" Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing. "
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Children
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" My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. "
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" 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. "
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" The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been. "
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" It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive. "
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Way
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" Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. "
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