Maurice Sendak Quotes

If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up.

Maurice Sendak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012

Topics

LifeWorkFriendLiveChildrenMe

Lighting is vital. Without that they've got nothing. And, of course, color and texture. When they showed me a little piece of Finding Nemo, I said this has got to be the biggest hit.

Joe Grant

MeColorFindingSaidNothingGot

There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.

Matthew Desmond

DayMovingWorkingEveryAll Day

Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend.

America Ferrera

LifeFriendMy LifeSomeoneFinding

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

TimeLongYouLookLong TimePains

There's a difference... between the kind of woman you would bang and the kind of woman you would marry.

Tom Leykis

WomanYouKindDifferenceBang

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

Robin Wright

GirlBeingValleyIdeaHatedEven

I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means.

Lisa Ling

FamilyRelationshipHopeTravelMost

All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.

Don Cornelius

WantedJockeyReallyDiscFull-Time

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

Diane Abbott

HealthMental HealthPublic Health

Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

CreativePeopleWritingLivingUs

My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting.

Coretta Scott King

FreedomVisionSoulPainSongStory

If someone like my father chooses to criticise Israeli policies, it's not because he is a self-hating Jew, but because he is not prepared to live in a state of self-denial.

Clive Sinclair

FatherLiveSomeoneBecausePrepared

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