From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Childhood, young adulthood is fluid. And it's very easy to get labeled very young and have to carry something through your childhood… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I think I had gotten messages really young that poetry wasn't for me, that it was for, basically, some dead white men.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I love writing for young people. It's the literature that was most important to me, the stories that shaped me and informed… — 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
