“I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly rem...” — Daniel Pinkwater Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.”

“Hoboken is a neat place.”

“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!”

“Yes, I used to miss my childhood, but I did get a chance to relive it through Esha and Ahaana.”

“In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.”

“It's been a childhood dream of mine to be a Cowboy, honestly.”

“I had a happy childhood.”

“Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.”

“I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here.”