"I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being. You're going to trip over that for a good part of your life."

Source : "Why Maurice Sendak Puts Kid Characters in Danger". Interview With Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 26, 2006.

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