Paula Danziger

I didn't expect to be doing a whole bunch of Amber Browns. And because it was just one book, and the father…

— Paula Danziger

I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.

— Paula Danziger

“I know I'm not a perfect dad, Amber. But I'm trying." You don't have to be perfect, I say."Just be my dad.”

— Paula Danziger

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

— Paula Danziger

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have…

— Paula Danziger

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

— Paula Danziger

“I'm learning to be a part of a team, even if the team doesn't always to what I want. - Amber Brown”

— Paula Danziger

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book;…

— Paula Danziger

“Fighting with your best friend is NO fun.”

— Paula Danziger

Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell

— Paula Danziger

“I feel like a little kid in a toy shop. All those books. I've always wanted to be a writer, but before…

— Paula Danziger

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

— Paula Danziger

At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just…

— Paula Danziger

“It's just about impossible to be perfect all the time. In fact, some days it's hard to do anything right. But sometimes…

— Paula Danziger

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

— Paula Danziger

Pistachio nuts, the red ones, cure any problem.

— Paula Danziger

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them…

— Paula Danziger

“He maybe be a jerk...but he is my jerk...he is my father. - Amber Brown”

— Paula Danziger

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

— Paula Danziger

I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm…

— Paula Danziger

“You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose...but you can't pick your friends' noses. Well, I didn't get to pick…

— Paula Danziger

“I love them, but sometimes it would have been nice to be able to b e a kid who didn't have to…

— Paula Danziger

We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

— Paula Danziger

It's not easy being so frightened of everything. And when I think of how much I've improved in the last year, I…

— Paula Danziger

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

— Paula Danziger