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title: "13 Write Quotes By Jacqueline Woodson"
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> [When I write, I don't think about messages for my readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/when-i-write-i-don-t-think-about-messages-for-my-readers/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I write for whoever needs to read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-write-for-whoever-needs-to-read-it/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/each-book-i-write-is-a-shout-into-the-silence-and-a-prayer-and-a-plea/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/to-me-elegy-suggests-that-there-is-hope-and-in-some-respects-you-ve/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-aloud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-and/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-always-say-i-write-because-i-have-lots-of-questions-not-because-i/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-out-loud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-it/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-can-t-write-about-nice-easy-topics-because-that-won-t-change-the/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-think-that-happens-for-a-lot-of-people-they-have-this-idea-that/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-always-say-i-write-because-i-have-questions-not-because-i-have/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [The epistolary form is one of the hardest to write. It's so hard to show something that's bigger in a letter. Plus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/the-epistolary-form-is-one-of-the-hardest-to-write-it-s-so-hard-to/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/when-i-m-feeling-frustrated-with-a-story-i-have-faith-that-it-s-going/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/my-sister-taught-me-how-to-write-my-name-when-i-was-about-three-i/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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## Other authors on Write

## More by Jacqueline Woodson

> [A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is still in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/a-lot-of-times-when-people-send-me-books-to-read-new-writers-mostly-i/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-think-even-though-homophobia-still-exists-there-is-much-more-of-a/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-still-love-carson-mccullers-and-raymond-carver-and-toni-morrison/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-m-usually-working-on-several-things-at-once-if-i-get-bored-with-one/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/you-have-those-walls-up-all-around-you-come-a-day-you-gonna-want-to/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/that-s-all-anybody-is-themselves-people-all-the-time-wanting-to/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-don-t-know-how-women-stop-being-friends-with-other-women/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/who-are-you-without-your-girls-i-truly-believe-that-who-are-you/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/and-freedom-oh-freedom-well-that-s-just-some-people-talking-your/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-ve-learned-about-marrying-poetry-and-prose-and-making-both/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/you-re-a-part-of-me-you-re-in-my-heart-forever-and-always-all-right-d/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-wouldn-t-mind-the-early-autumn-if-you-came-home-today-i-d-tell-you/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> ['Another Brooklyn' came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/another-brooklyn-came-to-me-in-this-kind-of-dreamlike-series-of/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“They're all inside of us,...past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/they-re-all-inside-of-us-past-people-and-present-people-and-probably/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, 'Instead of lying, write it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/when-i-was-a-kid-i-got-in-trouble-for-lying-a-lot-and-i-had-a-teacher/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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