Barbara Park
Barbara Park
Barbara Lynne Parkwas an American author of children's books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth21 April 1947
CityMount Holly, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
way good-and-bad
Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
people normal clown
I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.
moving all-alone feels
Moving makes you feel all alone inside.
grief mean thoughtful
The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.
hate i-hate guts
Can't we be friends?' I hate your guts, Frankovitch' Can't our guts be friends?
sometimes knows
And sometimes when you're very mixed-up inside, you do things you know you shouldn't do.
mean thinking weather
Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a guy could want. But as soon as something goes wrong…(he) sort of turns on you.
loser
Our nannas are losers.
decided hand high humor money several voted witty year
My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.
common object simplest stuff
I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze.
readers reluctant
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
based criteria entirely official
My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story to end.
board bring education father grade hard home note president principal sent time
I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home.
gotten work
For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job.