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.

I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them.

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.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.