Maurice Sendak, 1928–2012

“People say, ‘Oh, Mr. Sendak. I wish I were in touch with my childhood self, like you!’ As if it were all quaint and succulent, like Peter Pan. Childhood is cannibals and psychotic vomiting in your mouth! I say, ‘You are in touch, lady — you’re mean to your kids, you treat your husband like shit, you lie, you’re selfish… That is your childhood self!”

The legendary and wonderfully salty Maurice Sendak has died at 83.