Maurice Sendak

I don't need faith.

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

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

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.

As a kid, all I thought about was death.

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

I'm not afraid of death.

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

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.

My work is not great, but it's respectable.