Maurice Sendak quotes

The usual Tuesday/Wednesday quotes are going to be different today.  I’ll have some of the more usual quotes tomorrow, but today, I felt it appropriate to divulge some things said by author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more.  ~

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it.  ~in an interview with The Atlantic

I refuse to lie to children. I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.  ~in an interview last year with The Guardian

Live your Life. Live your Life. Live your Life.  ~his most recent NPR Fresh Air appearance last year

 

Where the Wild Things Are author passes away at 83

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it.  Maurice Sendak, who died today at 83, discusses creativity and his latest work, ‘Bumble-Ardy,’ in an interview with The Atlantic.

As written for Associated Press (and posted on ABC News):

Maurice Sendak, author of the children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak was instrumental in the creation of Sesame Street, and attended Lesser’s curriculum seminars in 1968. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Maurice Sendak, the children’s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died early Tuesday. He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn.

Longtime friend and live-in caretaker Lynn Caponera said she was with Sendak when he died at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday at Danbury Hospital. She said Sendak suffered a stroke Friday night and never regained consciousness.

“Where the Wild Things Are” earned Sendak a prestigious Caldecott Medal for the best children’s book of 1964 and became a hit movie in 2009. President Bill Clinton awarded Sendak a National Medal of the Arts in 1996 for his vast portfolio of work.

Sendak didn’t limit his career to a safe and successful formula of conventional children’s books, though it was the pictures he did for wholesome works such as Ruth Krauss’ “A Hole Is To Dig” and Else Holmelund Minarik’s “Little Bear” that launched his career.