Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them..

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….

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

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

And the walls became the world all around..

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 ….

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

There must be more to life than having everything..

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

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

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….

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..

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….

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