“At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. ...” — Paula Danziger Quote

“At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous.”

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

“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.”

“What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.”

“Football is cruel at times; it's difficult. When things go well, you're very good, and when they go badly, well, it's awful.”

“Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.”