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 think there is such a richness to the South and a lushness and a way of life. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think, as a kid, turning on the television and seeing that everyone seemed to be wealthy and white made me feel… — 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 think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
The conscious imprinting that happens between, say, 10 and 16 is huge. I think it's so important for me as a writer… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think that's important: to know 'the other,' as a means of coming to understanding. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Even after Jim Crow was supposed to not be a part of the South anymore, there were still ways in which you… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think there is much more queer visibility than there was when I was a kid. There is marriage, more trans visibility,… — 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.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
