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

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
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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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I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.
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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.
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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
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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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