Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. — Quoted

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“Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.”

Maurice Sendak · Business

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Maurice Sendak

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.

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Maurice Sendak

I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever.

Experience

Maurice Sendak

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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Maurice Sendak

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.

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