Quotes from Daniel Pinkwater

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.

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

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.