Judy Blume Quotes

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. It's great.

She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.

My mother was my greatest fan.

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.

Do not tell me what to do and do not tell me what I can't do.

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.

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.

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

My parents gave me that gift of "reading is a good thing." I mean my mother was afraid of everything. But she was never afraid that Judy is reading.

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

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.

But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?

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.

Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?

You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.

Moms come up to me at book signings.

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

No place has delicatessen like New York.

When you ask, did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

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.

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand." "If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything.

Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands

I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.

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

The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.

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.

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about it.

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.

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.

"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't want to read. I was inventing books that I didn't want to read.

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.

I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.

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."

I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.