maurice sendak’s
“where the wild things are”
was initially pitched as
“where the wild horses are”
his editor loved the pitch but
sendak could not draw horses
so the wild things he drew
ended up being
caricatures of his relatives.
—
“writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”
-isaac asimov
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credits: maurice sendak, “where the wild things are” – 1963, harper and collins