Maurice Sendak

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.

I cry a lot because I miss people.

It's no fun being lonely.

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

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

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

I feel extremely vulnerable.

I hate people.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

I'm sick of 'Wild Things.'

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.

My therapies went on forever.