Great interview in this week's Newsweek with Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers. All kids' writers should definitely check it out!
My favorite quotes:
What makes a good kids' story?
Sendak: How would I know? I just write the books.
What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?
Sendak: I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate.
Because kids can handle it?
Sendak: If they can't handle it, go home. Or wet your pants.
You know how sometimes, you have this image of who the author might be, and then you find out they're just some regular shmuck, and it feels sort of odd? Well, this time I can honestly say, I admire him even more now than I did before.
My favorite quotes:
What makes a good kids' story?
Sendak: How would I know? I just write the books.
What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?
Sendak: I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate.
Because kids can handle it?
Sendak: If they can't handle it, go home. Or wet your pants.
You know how sometimes, you have this image of who the author might be, and then you find out they're just some regular shmuck, and it feels sort of odd? Well, this time I can honestly say, I admire him even more now than I did before.