And the walls became the world all around..

Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest..

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things..

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful..

Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work..

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life..

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing….

Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think..

Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but ….

There's so much more to a book than just the reading..

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life..

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult..

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing..

There must be more to life than having everything..

We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups alw….

Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when Mozart is p….

There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen..

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but pr….

Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing..

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do..

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!.