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Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Jacqueline Woodson
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 12
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From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature not simply to hear the story but to understand how the author got the story on the page.
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I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this.
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Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.
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I definitely believe in a greater good. I definitely believe that there's a reason each of us is here and that we've been brought here to do something. And we need to get busy doing it. And I definitely believe that there is something moving us forward that's good.
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I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.
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The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated.
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I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, How could that possibly be?
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There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.
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Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.
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Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?
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To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.
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I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.
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Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel at the end of the book - And I try to write toward that feeling.
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I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.
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I actually don't think of whiteness and heterosexuality as 'the norm'. Maybe there are people who still do but none of them are close friends of mine.
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