Judy Blume Quotes

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• Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much…
• I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability…
• The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
• I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...
• I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even…
• I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use…
• Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
• I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with, it's like having…
• I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to…
• Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air,…
• Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
• How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
• When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.
• Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.
• Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
• I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I…
• A good writer is always a people watcher.
• Determination and hard work are as important as talent.
• If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most…
• A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she…

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