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
unhappy happy-marriage married
I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single
american-author books funny people respond
The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.
american-author fathers fun people
It's not about divorce, it's about living. I write about life. People sometimes go. Fathers sometimes leave. It's not all fun and games.
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
real writing long-ago
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
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
writing successful
I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.
sometimes easier shows
Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell
book kids wish
I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do
thinking years lasts
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.
kids technology years
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
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
book lucky gone
I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them