Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Bernard Sendakwas an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963. Born to Jewish-Polish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Besides Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak also wrote works such as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, and illustrated many works by other authors including the Little Bear books by Else...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth10 June 1928
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.
there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality
Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.
Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.
We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.
I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.
I don't know what to make of it, exactly, but I am so for it, ... I am in love with it. If Spike and Dave do not do this movie, now, I would just as soon not see any version of it ever get made.
I cry a lot because I miss people.
My being gay was something of not great interest to me.
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.
It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.
I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
My work is not great, but it's respectable.