Norma Fox Mazer Quotes

United States, Author
May 15, 1931 – October, 17, 2009.

Norma Fox Mazer was an American author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death.

Also known as Teacher

All the inane, meaningless noises people make that pass for intelligent conversation. They might as well be pigs grunting in the pen.

Norma Fox Mazer
Friendship...is like pain. Explaining it is impossible.

Norma Fox Mazer

I guess, really thinking about it, I always assumed when you missed someone , it was tangible...something real you could grab and hold on to, but it's a not-there feeling.

Norma Fox Mazer
- Think
- Feeling
- Tangible
That's all we writers have, anyway; our minds and imaginations. To allow censors even the tiniest space in there with us can only lead to dullness, imitation, and mediocrity.

Norma Fox Mazer
A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.

Norma Fox Mazer
- Writing
- Needs
- Right