You're a bore, I said to me. You're puny. You're lacking in quality, like a pair of factory-rejected Fruit of the Loom shorts. And this was without considering any sexual problems, since I've never had sex with anyone except myself. — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“Once inside, Dennis almost keeled over from the smell of cooked cabbage. Why was it that any girl he took out had a house… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
Be yourself! Be individualistic!' he called out after me. 'But for God's sake get your hair cut. You look like an oddball. — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“A child's parents should be able to forbid their son or daughter from reading a book of mine or anyone else's. However, those same… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“There's no one else to blame. No Bores or Old Ladies or Norton or Assassins waiting at the bridge.” — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“The speeches! They were filled with borrowed things--borrowed over and over again until the words were nothing more than a series of clichés.” — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary. I have… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“I really hate it when a teacher has to show that she isn't behind the times by using some expression which sounds so up-to-date… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
She thinks she knows everything that goes on inside me, and she doesn’t know a thing. What did she want from me – to tell the truth all the time? To run around saying it did matter to me that I live in a world where you can grow old and be alone and have to get down on your… — Paul Zindel Copy Share
“They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries.” — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn't go around saying we were cards or jazzy… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
