Daniel Pinkwater Quotes

United States, Author
November 15, 1941

Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an American author of children's books and "Young Adult" fiction. His books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. He has also written an adult novel, The Afterlife Diet, and essay collections derived from his talks on National Public Radio.

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?

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Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.

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- People
- Women
- Guy

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.

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- Up
- Trying
- Text
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

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- Writing
- Reading
- College
Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

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- Heart
- True
- Risk
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

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Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

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- Writing
Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.

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Hoboken is a neat place.

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Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

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- Fun
Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.

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I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.

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- World
- Book
- Remember