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Daniel Pinkwater
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About the author
Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Fun
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.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#World
#Childhood
#Taste
Hoboken is a neat place.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Writing
#Reading
#College
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.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Day
#Occupation
#Writer
#Trying
Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
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!
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Heart
#Risk
#Disease
Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Animals
Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Writing
All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#Books
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.
Daniel Pinkwater,
Author
#People
#Will
#Women