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Book Quotes by Judy Blume
- 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...
- Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
- 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…
- I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we…
- I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected.…
- The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.
- When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.
- I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me…
- 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 it. You're got…
- Moms come up to me at book signings.
- [I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never…
- The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.
- Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.
- Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children…
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