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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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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 am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.
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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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Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!
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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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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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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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It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.
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Snoring keeps the monsters away.
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If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.
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Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
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I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
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I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.
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Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?
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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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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 don't believe in writer's block. There are good days when you're writing and less good days. I've learned that if it's not happening to walk away and return later. I doodle a lot and often get my best ideas with a pencil in my hand while I'm doodling. The problem is, sometimes I lose my doodles and that's bad!
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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.
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Margaret was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.
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I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.
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