You still have time to be a doorman

Children's books are literature too, you know. The New York Times has a neat profile of author and artist Maurice Sendak. My favorite anecdote in the story:


When Mr. Sendak received the 1996 National Medal of Arts, President Bill Clinton told him about one of his own childhood fantasies that involved wearing a long coat with brass buttons when he grew up.


“But Mr. President, you’re only going to be president for a year more,” Mr. Sendak said, “you still have time to be a doorman.”