My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about … - Paula Danziger

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I've fallen in love maybe five times in my life. But it's a long life. I do get crushes. Whether it's men or women or babies.

Paula Danziger

My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.

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When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.

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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.

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Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell

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I feel like I'm addicted to the printed word.

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I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

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Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!

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The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to improve, but do not imagine themselves to be saviours. In their humble struggle is true heroism.

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There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

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