Book Quotes by Judy Blume

Moms come up to me at book signings.

— Judy Blume

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

— Judy Blume

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.

— Judy Blume

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

— Judy Blume

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

— Judy Blume

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as…

— Judy Blume

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

— Judy Blume

I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.

— Judy Blume

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

— Judy Blume

The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about…

— Judy Blume

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was…

— Judy Blume

I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the…

— Judy Blume

When I was twelve. And I was going through my parents' bookshelves, I found the most wonderful books and plenty of. Within…

— Judy Blume

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me,…

— Judy Blume

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book…

— Judy Blume

I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult…

— Judy Blume

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that…

— Judy Blume

Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new…

— Judy Blume

A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and…

— Judy Blume

If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will…

— Judy Blume

With "Margaret," I remember clearly it was, you know because I did remember it clearly. I was young. I was young in…

— Judy Blume

"Summer Sisters" is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion.…

— Judy Blume

I thought [books ban] was crazy. Really my thoughts were "This is America, we don't do this here" but of course I…

— Judy Blume

I would make up [Theodor] Seuss-like books at night when I was cleaning up from the dinner, you know, putting these little…

— Judy Blume

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms…

— Judy Blume

If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd…

— Judy Blume

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

— Judy Blume

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

— Judy Blume

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...

— Judy Blume

There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.

— Judy Blume

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or…

— Judy Blume

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

— Judy Blume

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about…

— Judy Blume

In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will…

— Judy Blume

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they…

— Judy Blume

The best books come from someplace deep inside… Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

— Judy Blume

I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then…

— Judy Blume

[With "Summer Sisters" the publisher] sent me on a big book tour. And it was the most wonderful professional experience of my…

— Judy Blume

[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books…

— Judy Blume