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
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 love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature. — 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
I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world -… — 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
My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people. — 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
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
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
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
From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not… — 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 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
In young adult novels and children's books, you stay in moment. The story goes through a school year or a weekend. You… — 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 love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me! — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“When I took these things from the house: some tapes, some books, my winter clothes, I did not know that these would… — 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
I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I read a lot of the books that I love again and again and again and try to understand how the writer… — 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
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
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
Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it. — 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 love writing for young people. It's the literature that was most important to me, the stories that shaped me and informed… — 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 Image
I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
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 Image
