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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.

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
Writing
Going
Deep
Think
Inside
Thinking
Trouble
Audience
Bigs
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