Paula Danziger
Paula Danziger
Paula Danzigerwas an American children's author. She grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey. She lived in New York City and in Bearsville, New York. For several years, she had a flat in London...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth18 August 1944
Paula Danziger quotes about
coffee book writing
In my next life, I want to be tall and thin, parallel park and make good coffee. But for now, I have lots of stuff to work out in my life, but I'll have that until the day I die. I want to write more books
american-author books funny people respond
The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.
circles people want
I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm always ready for what comes next
unhappy happy-marriage married
I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single
should-have age supportive
At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous
sometimes easier shows
Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell
father book divorce
I didn't expect to be doing a whole bunch of Amber Browns. And because it was just one book, and the father had moved away, I didn't realize I was going to have to deal more with shared custody, divorce and all those issues
book kids writing
I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell
nuts red pistachios
Pistachio nuts, the red ones, cure any problem.
mistake growth important
Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.
school adolescence whole-life
We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.
sarcastic mother father
My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.
printed-word feels printed
I feel like I'm addicted to the printed word.
silly writing people
Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.