He and I were friends for 20 years, and I miss him terribly. His books will last as long as there are people on the planet, but he’s gone, and he’s taken with him the irreplaceable pleasure – the unique amalgamation of delightful nuttiness, naked, unapologetic need, wild associations and prodigious, profligate spontaneous invention – that could be had in his company.
Playwright Tony Kushner remembers the inimitable Maurice Sendak, one of the most influential children’s storytellers of all time.
