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.

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“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