I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise, — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
When someone says to me, 'I love your book - I read it in a day,' I want to tell them to… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I am still surprised when I walk into a bookstore and see my name on a book's binder. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think people need to remember that a book isn't done after a few rewrites and a publisher isn't going to buy… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is still in… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny,… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
'Another Brooklyn' came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
“They're all inside of us,...past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, 'Instead of lying, write it… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
