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
believe parent swim
My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin
math trust-me formulas
Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.
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.
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If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire.
yesterday today tomorrow
Today is the yesterday you won't remember tomorrow.
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.
children book writing
Children make better readers than adults. They read as carefully as I write; adults read as a means of getting off to sleep. I get letters saying 'I have read your book seventeen times.' If you're an adult novelist and you get that letter, you should be afraid. You're being stalked. Kids always read them seventeen times!
art believe world
I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.
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I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
dog people saws
The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.
Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.