Best quotes by Maurice Sendak on Children

Checkout quotes by Maurice Sendak on Children

• ‟ I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

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

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• ‟ You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

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• ‟ I refuse to lie to children.

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• ‟ I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

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• ‟ I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?

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• ‟ There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

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• ‟ Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid.

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• ‟ Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.

  - Maurice Sendak