Judy Blume

“If I should ever have children I will tell them what religion they are so they can start learning about it at…

— 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

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember…

— Judy Blume

Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination.…

— Judy Blume

“I can't think when you're in here," he said. "What do you have to think about?" "Making!”

— Judy Blume

I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think…

— Judy Blume

Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!

— Judy Blume

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the…

— Judy Blume

A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.

— Judy Blume

I know where "Blubber" came from. It came from stories that my daughter told me when she came home from fifth grade.…

— Judy Blume

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine…

— Judy Blume

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal…

— Judy Blume

“Trouble in our family is spelled with a capital C and has been as long as I can remember. The C stands…

— Judy Blume

I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the…

— Judy Blume

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

— Judy Blume

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as…

— Judy Blume

I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.

— Judy Blume

Some changes happen deep inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them.

— Judy Blume

That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.

— Judy Blume

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

— Judy Blume

I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture…

— Judy Blume

“That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.”

— 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

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

— 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