Judy Blume Quotes

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

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 don't want to write the same thing over and over again.

I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.

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

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

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

I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!

I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good practice to write things down.

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

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone back to high school and have to do that in addition to my current job.

I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I should be reading. And this was "Dobbin Does This" and "Dobbin Does That."

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've always felt that way.

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

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 to write about racism or puberty or bullying.

It's so amazing. I mean talk about sexuality changing.

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

...I used to think if you read enough books you'd automatically know how to do everything the right way. But reading and doing are not the same at all.

Do you think just having a baby automatically makes you love it?''I'm not sure... you might have to learn to love it, like any other person.

A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children.

...losing a friend is like losing a language, and I miss the one we spoke together.

I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep.

...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen.

Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need

Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you...not ever...

...this two-way hatred. I don’t understand it. I wonder how much of it is caused by fear?

Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty.

My only advice is to stay aware listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.

I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around with people who treat me as a regular person because that's what I am. All people are really just regular.

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 should be thankful for them.

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