Writer Quotes by Jacqueline Woodson

When I write, I don't think about messages for my readers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Reading equals hope times change.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?

— Jacqueline Woodson

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I love the physical act of writing as well as how I grow which each situation I put on the page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I am still surprised when I walk into a bookstore and see my name on a book's binder.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world…

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

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

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

Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“And when I can't speak it, I write it down. I wish I was different. Wish I was taller, smarter, could talk…

— Jacqueline Woodson

With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself -…

— Jacqueline Woodson

'Brown Girl Dreaming' was a book I had a lot of doubts about - mainly, would this story be meaningful to anyone…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“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

I rewrite a lot until I get the rhythm and story right on the page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Labeling is not the best way to get young people to deeply engage in reading.

— Jacqueline Woodson

What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness.

— Jacqueline Woodson

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise,

— Jacqueline Woodson

When someone says to me, 'I love your book - I read it in a day,' I want to tell them to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

— Jacqueline Woodson

A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I would have written 'Brown Girl Dreaming' if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside…

— Jacqueline Woodson