In writing 'Another Brooklyn,' I had to imagine what happens when friendships dissolve. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, "How could that possibly be?" — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I actually don't think of whiteness and heterosexuality as 'the norm'. Maybe there are people who still do but none of them… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Friendship is such an important thing to me, and I feel like the people who I love and help keep me whole… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school,… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something's going to change now and I'm not going to… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
My family is big, complicated, and beautiful - and keeps me smiling and whole. It's so important to have family, whether it's… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by adult women who don't have close friends and how that could come to be. I think when you're a… — 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. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share
