Paula Danziger Quotes

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.
Paula Danziger

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single.
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 had moved away, I didn't realize I was going to have to deal more with shared custody, divorce and all those issues.
Paula Danziger

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
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; you just tell the best story you know how to tell.
Paula Danziger

I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.
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 disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes.
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 always ready for what comes next.
Paula Danziger

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.
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I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them.
Paula Danziger