Daniel Pinkwater
Daniel Pinkwater
Daniel Manus Pinkwateris an American author of children's books and "Young Adult" fiction. Well-known books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. He has also published an adult novel, The Afterlife Diet, and essay collections derived from his talks on National Public Radio. Though many of his most well-known books are considered humorous young-adult fiction, he has written in various genres and for...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth15 November 1941
dog people saws
The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.
reading writing college
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
perfect able remember
Looking back over my life so far I am able to remember specific days that were perfect. These tend to be days, and parts of days, in which nothing in particular happened, except that I was utterly happy.
yesterday today tomorrow
Today is the yesterday you won't remember tomorrow.
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire.
evil use bagels
I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.
math trust-me formulas
Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.
destiny thinking matter
It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.
uncanny chickens
Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.
running heart numbers
Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!
writing trying occupation
I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.
writing way
Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.
writing starting
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.
dog degenerates mama
The activities of these parasites and degenerates gave rise to Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Pointillism, Constructivism, Orphism, Surrealism, Dada, and also Impossibleism, Supersurrealism, Dynamic Double-Dog Realism, Ishkabibbleism, and Mama, which is like Dada only nicer.