Writing Quotes by Judy Blume

A good writer is always a people watcher.

— Judy Blume

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

— Judy Blume

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

— Judy Blume

I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.

— Judy Blume

I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.

— Judy Blume

I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

— Judy Blume

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

— Judy Blume

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to…

— Judy Blume

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going…

— Judy Blume

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

— Judy Blume

I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good…

— Judy Blume

What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to…

— Judy Blume

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was…

— Judy Blume

I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the…

— Judy Blume

I don't believe in writer's block. There are good days when you're writing and less good days. I've learned that if it's…

— Judy Blume

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone…

— Judy Blume

In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will…

— Judy Blume

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to…

— Judy Blume

I thought [books ban] was crazy. Really my thoughts were "This is America, we don't do this here" but of course I…

— Judy Blume

I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I…

— Judy Blume

With "Margaret," I remember clearly it was, you know because I did remember it clearly. I was young. I was young in…

— Judy Blume

“In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will…

— Judy Blume

I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to…

— Judy Blume

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about…

— Judy Blume

The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about,…

— Judy Blume

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

— Judy Blume

The best books come from someplace deep inside… Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

— Judy Blume

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or…

— Judy Blume

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

— Judy Blume

My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

— Judy Blume

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care…

— Judy Blume

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

— Judy Blume

When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

— Judy Blume

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because…

— Judy Blume

I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.

— Judy Blume

I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with,…

— Judy Blume

I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year…

— Judy Blume

I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I…

— Judy Blume

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh…

— Judy Blume