When I moved to Europe 12 years ago, my biggest concern was whether I'd ever speak decent French. Practically every American I… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?' — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated, I got a letter from France's interior ministry informing me that I was now French. By… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“if you act (and dress) as if you have a fascinating inner life, you may soon find that you actually do—and that you feel… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
It's refreshing to have some time off from wondering whether I look fat. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
“Within a few hours of meeting him, I realized that "love at first sight" just means feeling immediately and extremely calm with someone.” — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
When I tell French parents that I know lots of American kids who will eat only pasta or only white rice, they can't believe… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
My husband is so upset by President Trump's scapegoating of immigrants and Muslims, he refuses to even visit the United States. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
One of the maddening things about being a foreigner in France is that hardly anyone in the rest of the world knows what's really… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.” — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
