"Please don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so."

"Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehens…"

"There must be more to life than having everything!"

"I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer t…"

"I wanted my wild things to be frightening. But why? It was probably at this point that I remembered how I detested my…"

"You cannot write for children... They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them."

"Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sent…"

"We've educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to expe…"

"I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction."

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