(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) — Last night, author Maurice Sendak appeared on “The Colbert Report.” The interview was like fiery balm for everyone tired of politicians and their talking points.2787_7526141.JPG Maybe it’s because Sendak is a cantankerous old mensch much as yours truly hopes to be one day who needs neither money nor attention, but Sendak gave one of the most pleasingly honest interviews in a long while – not an easy thing to do with the slick Colbert who was backpedalling as soon as he found out that Sendak was gay; how could a gay man write…children’s books?.

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