I Would Infinitely Prefer A Daughter.

I Think There Is Something Barbaric In Children, And It's Missing In Lots Of Books For Them Because We Don't Like To Think Of It. We Want Them To Be Happy [but] Childhood Is A Very Tough Time.

I Have Been Doodling With Ink And Watercolor On Paper All My Life. It's My Way Of Stirring Up My Imagination To See What I Find Hidden In My Head. I Call The Results Dream Pictures, Fantasy Sketches, And Even Brain-sharpenin G Exercises.

I Had Lost My Sister Recently, Too, Which Meant That My Whole Family Was Gone. I Was The Baby Of The Family. There Were Five Sendaks And There Were Five Wild Things, And Now There's Only One Sendak, And He's About To Bite The Dust, Too! Life, As I Said Before, Was Very Difficult At That Time And So It Was Natural That There Would Be A Change In The Look Of Things. Also, I Was Very Impressed With My Own Strength In Doing This Under The Circumstances In Which I Was Living.

There Are So Many Beautiful Things In The World Which I Will Have To Leave When I Die, But I'm Ready, I'm Ready, I'm Ready.

To Get A Child's Trust - You May Know Or Not - Is A Very Hard Thing To Do. They're So Used To Not Believing Adults - Because Adults Tell Tales And Lies All The Time.