• I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.

    Maurice Sendak: I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
    "'Fresh Air' Remembers Author Maurice Sendak". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, kut.org. June 10, 2015.