- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Complicated
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I refuse to lie to children.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.
- Sick
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sick of 'Wild Things.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020