Paula Danziger Quotes

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

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

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.

I’m very lucky. I’m very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print – none of them.

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I’ve never been married, I’m single.

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

It’s not easy being so frightened of everything. And when I think of how much I’ve improved in the last year, I wonder when I’ll ever get finished with making changes and be really grown up.

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.

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.

When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I’d use it in a book.

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I’ve never been married, I’m single

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

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.

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

I feel like I’m addicted to the printed word.

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don’t change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes

We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

Sometimes it’s easier to show than it is to tell.