Judy Blume Quotes
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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 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.
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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 am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.
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In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear.
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I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together!
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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 to write from deep inside.
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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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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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What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?
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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."
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Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.
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My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
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Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!
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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 made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep. None of it has anything to do with you. It's just that I don't know what to do now. You must be thinking what a rotten person I am. Well, believe me, I'm thinking the same thing. I don't know how this happened or why. Maybe I can get over it. 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.
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some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.
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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 try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.
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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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She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.
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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.
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Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination.
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Determination and hard work are as important as talent.