Maurice Sendak Quotes

Girls are hard. They're very hard. I love my son. I hear the relationship between mommy and son is the best. Who knows? My husband wants a girl, he really does.

I've always, like, wanted two kids that were both girls, and my wife was like, 'Why?' I'm like, 'Because I've been around boy so much my entire life that I want to be surrounded by, you know, girls.'

Even though I would love a little girl for me, personally, I love being a mom to boys.

My mother always wanted a boy. My father never did.

I have five children. There were four boys. The fifth, I got weak, and a girl came.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

When you have girl children they torture you!

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

When I first knew I was having children, I thought I wanted boys, but then I thought I'd be better with girls. I'm quite sensitive, and you get more cuddles with girls. And they like their dads.

I've always wanted two kids. I've always wanted a girl and a boy.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.

I've said this a lot - I'm afraid to have girls! I've worked with kids before, and I just relate to boys better. I like their competitiveness and aggression: that's more my style. I'm still dead set on doing whatever I can to make sure I only have boys!

I just don't believe that a woman is naturally closer to her child than a man. Not at all.

I always wanted a girl growing up, as well as a boy, so to have a girl first is just really exciting.

I used to always want a boy, and when I had a girl, I thought I wasn't going to like it, but I love having a girl.

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.

There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.

I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.