Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing? — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
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
There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic. — 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
Labeling is not the best way to get young people to deeply engage in reading. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness. — 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
With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“And when I can't speak it, I write it down. I wish I was different. Wish I was taller, smarter, could talk… — 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
I would have written 'Brown Girl Dreaming' if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself -… — 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
When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
'Brown Girl Dreaming' was a book I had a lot of doubts about - mainly, would this story be meaningful to anyone… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“You're writing, you're coasting, and you're thinking, 'This is the best thing I've ever written, and it's coming so easily, and these… — 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
Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I love the physical act of writing as well as how I grow which each situation I put on the page. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I rewrite a lot until I get the rhythm and story right on the page. — 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
I feel like once I say out loud, to the public, what I'm working on, it's never going to be an actual… — 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
