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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.
Judy Blume
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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
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I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.
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First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.
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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.
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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
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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.
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