Judy Blume Quotes
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Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.
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I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother's mad, and religious holidays.
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I was Little Miss Perfect. That's where all the secrets come in, because you know damn well you are not perfect, but you think your parents want you to be. And so you pretend.
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Determination and hard work are as important as talent.
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you can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain
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Kids should read whatever they want to read. So I'm hoping that just like 15-year-olds read "Summer Sisters," I'm hoping that they'll read this.
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Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
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Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.
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Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.
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I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!
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I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.
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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
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But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?
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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, and feel the wind in your face
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I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret."
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There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.
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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 censorship because we won't have as much fear.
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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.
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Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?
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"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.
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Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.
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We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?
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I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.