Daniel Pinkwater Quotes

I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.

The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.

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

I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

Hoboken is a neat place.

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.

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!

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin

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

Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.

If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire.

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.

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

Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.

My house is me and I am it. My house is where I like to be and it looks like all my dreams.

Today is the yesterday you won't remember tomorrow.

I have to remind myself that I've always known this: Evolution is not for everybody.