Judy Blume Quotes

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

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.

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

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

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

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?

The truth will make you odd.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.

A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.

A good writer is always a people watcher.

A person without curiosity may as well be dead.

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

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 frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

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 the pieces of a puzzle. I just have to put the pieces together to make a picture.

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

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 did every morning.

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.

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.

I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.

My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.

It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.

Something awful happens to a person who grows up as a creative kid and suddenly finds no creative outlet as an adult.

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.

I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.

Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.

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!

[When I was a kid] I was a surgeon, amputating legs and arms of my paper dolls. And I had a little board with little tacks that I would tack them down to do this.

I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.

Without peanut butter, I might starve.

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.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.

What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.

We must, we must, we must increase our bust.

I love to watch movies.

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.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.