Paula Danziger QUOTES

1 " 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 story that tells the truth. "

― Paula Danziger

2 " I feel like a little kid in a toy shop. All those books. I've always wanted to be a writer, but before I met Ms. Finney, Barbara, I was afraid to tell anyone. I think it's some kind of miracle that all we have to work with is the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. And they turn into words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books, conversations, plays. It's just incredible to me. "

― Paula Danziger , There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2)

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

― Paula Danziger

4 " It's not easy being so frightened of everything. And when I think of how much I've improved in the last year, I wonder when I'll ever get finished with making changes and be really grown up. "

― Paula Danziger , There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2)

5 " Fighting with your best friend is NO fun. "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

6 " I love them, but sometimes it would have been nice to be able to b e a kid who didn't have to act like an adult so much of the time. - Amber Brown "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Green With Envy

7 " 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 my parents.
I am glad that I have them, though.
I just wish that I wouldn't have to spend the rest of my life picking one of them and not the other. - Amber Brown "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue

8 " of baking pans so that we can make individual brownies with "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

9 " Amber Brown, "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Goes Fourth

10 " I love them, but sometimes it would have been nice to be able to b e a kid who didn't have to act like an adult so much of the time. - Polly "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Green With Envy

11 " He maybe be a jerk...but he is my jerk...he is my father. - Amber Brown "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Green With Envy

12 " Soon you will be going on a new journey and beginning a new life. "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

13 " It's just about impossible to be perfect all the time. In fact, some days it's hard to do anything right. But sometimes things go really well. There are a lot of new things to learn, a lot of new rules and regulations. "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Sees Red

14 " 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 , Amber Brown Sees Red

15 " Not bad. Human. You've really got to stop seeing things as all bad or all good. And you've got to learn that just because someone tells you something that you don't want to hear, doesn't mean that person's out to get you. "

― Paula Danziger , There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2)

16 " got to sit in this big uncomfortable chair with my head leaning back in this groove. The hair washer must have "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Sees Red

17 " definitely not best friends "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Goes Fourth

18 " 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 story that tells the truth. "

― Paula Danziger

19 " Well, I, Amber Brown, am green with envy.
I am not only green….. I am feeling blue….. I am seeing red….. I am purple with anger….. I am not feeling like a rainbow. I am feeling plaid. All of these colors mix together to make a not very pretty pattern.
I, Amber Brown, do not like plaid. "

― Paula Danziger , Amber Brown Is Green With Envy