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“Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.”

Maurice Sendak · Business

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Maurice Sendak

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.

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My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

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My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

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I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.

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