Maurice Sendak Parent Quotations

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.

We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and send Christmas cards to our parents.

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

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

Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of.

I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna die.