I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way,… — 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 feel like so much of what I'm doing is making a road where there is no road and inviting people on… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write… — 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'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, it was understanding that we're so far behind in our way of dealing with death. We put… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words… — 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
Labeling is not the best way to get young people to deeply engage in reading. — 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
