Paul Fleischman Quotes

United States, Writer
September 5, 1952

Paul Fleischman is an American writer of children's books. For his contribution as a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012. He and his father Sid Fleischman have both won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

Warming is incontrovertible, so in general, you're going to have more droughts, more fires. So I think events like that are the best thing that could happen for righting our ship and getting us on a safer course.

Paul Fleischman
- Happen
- Warming
- Droughts
Science explains what nature is doing; money often explains what we're doing.

Paul Fleischman
- Money
- Nature
- Science

Parents should keep 'Eyes Wide Open' next to the 'Kinsey Report' on their shelves.

Paul Fleischman
- Parents
- Report
- Shelves
People don't like to be nagged. When people nag us, we instantly resist, but when the facts force us in that same direction, we instantly adapt.

Paul Fleischman
- Facts
- Direction
- Adapt
I should tell you that many people think that authors just cut and paste from real life into books. It doesn't work quite that way.

Paul Fleischman
- Life
- Books
- Author
The few words of a title are the hardest words for any author to come up with.

Paul Fleischman
- Words
- Hardest
- Title
What could be more exciting when the writing is going well and things are falling into place? It's just like riding a fabulous wave for a surfer. There's no better place to be.

Paul Fleischman
- Writing
- Place
- Well
I'm a very careful, slow writer, and I think a lot of that comes from the care required to be a hand-printer, where if something isn't spaced out enough, you take little slivers of brass or copper and put them between each letter.

Paul Fleischman
- Care
- Writer
- Letter