Paula Danziger > Quotes

“When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.”
― 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 story that tells the truth.”
― 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 wonder when I'll ever get finished with making changes and be really grown up.”
― Paula Danziger, There's a Bat in Bunk Five

“Fighting with your best friend is NO fun.”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

“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, Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“definitely not best friends”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Goes Fourth

“Amber Brown,”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Goes Fourth

“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

“What changed a lot was my home. It got even worse. My father has a horrible temper. He doesn’t hit, but he yells. Even worse, he says awful things to me, like “I don’t care if you get good grades. You do stupid things. Why do I have to have a daughter who is stupid and so fat? I’ll never get you married off.”
― Paula Danziger, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

“Testing is weird. The whole school feels different . . . . . especially our classroom. It’s usually so colorful. Now the walls are bare! “What happened to this place?” Jimmy Russell asks. “A sneak attack from the bulletin board bandit?” Mrs. Holt shakes her head. “State testing rules mandate that our room can’t have anything displaying words or numbers on the walls while testing is taking place.” “Why?” Brandi asks. “Are they afraid you’re going to post the answers on the walls?” Mrs. Holt gives her a weak smile and says, “Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to test and try.”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is on the Move

“of baking pans so that we can make individual brownies with”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

“Sometimes she got into stuff that’s hard to understand, but maybe someday I’ll put it all together. Two weeks later, we came into class and found a substitute.”
― Paula Danziger, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

“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

“Soon you will be going on a new journey and beginning a new life.”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon

“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

“Mrs. Holt, however, is grinning. “I have a wonderful announcement,” she says. “No practice test today!” Jimmy Russell shouts. “No tests at all!” Bobby Clifford shouts. Mrs. Holt’s grin gets a little tight and she says, “Be careful, boys, or I might decide to have two practice tests today.” Bobby and Jimmy cover their mouths with their hands. Lately school has been about as much fun as packing. That’s because statewide testing is in a few weeks. Mrs. Holt and our principal, Mr. Robinson, have made it clear that doing well on the statewide tests is REALLY IMPORTANT.”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is on the Move

“He maybe be a jerk...but he is my jerk...he is my father. - Amber Brown”
― Paula Danziger, Amber Brown is Green with Envy

“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

“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