SENDAK: Bush was president, I thought, "Be brave. Tie a bomb to your shirt. Insist on going to the White House. And I wanna have a big hug with the vice president, definitely. And his wife, and the ...

This week on Fresh Air, we're marking the year's end by revisiting some of the most memorable conversations we've had in 2011. This interview was originally broadcast on September 20, 2011.

As part of their interview series with such luminaries as Ray Harryhausen, The Tate recently filmed Where The Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak chatting about his creative process. It’s an ...

Many gathered around the tube for Stephen Colbert’s feisty interview with everyone’s favorite reclusive children’s book author, Maurice Sendak. It’s always a delight when old people weight in on new ...

Sendak was a master. I particularly liked what he said about the Where the Wild Things Are movie when it came out (he was alive at the time). He said, essentially, that no, this was not a word for ...