Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.

- Paula Danziger

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

- Paula Danziger

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

- 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 into a stor…

- 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 come…

- Paula Danziger

We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

- 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…

- Paula Danziger

I feel like I'm addicted to the printed word.

- Paula Danziger