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

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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I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.
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[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
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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.
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You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.
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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.
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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.
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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
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Determination and hard work are as important as talent.
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I think we made out [sexuality changing]. I think that's really great, and we didn't jump into intercourse. And there were no blow jobs.
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Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.
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hi I hope u want to be my friends
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I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.
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My mother was my greatest fan.
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Something awful happens to a person who grows up as a creative kid and suddenly finds no creative outlet as an adult.
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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.
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