And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more…
The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.
Each month is gay,Each season nice,When eatingChicken soupWith rice
I remember my own childhood vividly…I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn’t let adults know I knew. It would scare them
It’s only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.
And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.
You cannot write for children. They’re much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
Childhood is cannibals and psychotics vomiting in your mouth!
I refuse to lie to children. I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.
I remember my own childhood vividly..I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn’t let adults know I knew. It would scare them. (In conversation with Art Spiegelman, The New Yorker, September 27, 1993)
William Blake really is important my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.
There must be more to life than having everything.
There must be more to life than having everything!
Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.
I became a set designer for opera. I’m a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.
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.
Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There’s a cruelty to childhood, there’s an anger.