Maurice Sendak is a hilarious interviewee in Colbert’s hands, riffing on Newt Gingrich, writing for children, and Where the Wild Things Are 2 – Still Wildin’ (featuring Vin Diesel) Check it out.
Stephen Colbert: Why write for children?
Maurice Sendak: I don’t write for children. I write. And somebody says, “that’s for children.” I didn’t set out make children happy, or make life better for them, or easier for them.
Stephen Colbert: Do you like them?
Maurice Sendak: I like them as few and far between as I do adults. Maybe a bit more, because I don’t like adults at all, practically.
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Maurice Sendak is the author of Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Seven Little Monsters. His most recent book, Bumble-Ardy, was published by Knopf in September 2011.




