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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
Judy Blume
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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
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New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
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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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When I was twelve. And I was going through my parents' bookshelves, I found the most wonderful books and plenty of. Within those wonderful books that were real turn-on's. At 12 or 13, books were such turn-ons.
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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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I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.
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It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.
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I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together!
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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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It was a such a surprise, such an absolute shocking surprise to me to not know what you're doing and to find out that this thing that you don't even know how to do, that you're sure you don't know how to do, speaks to so many people and touches so many people in some way.
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I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good practice to write things down.
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There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.
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The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
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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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A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.
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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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Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.
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Summer Sisters is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion. I don't like sudden loud noises. They scare me. And then all these people came running down the hill and jumped in the water in their finery and a bride and groom was with them, and that's where it all started.
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I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.
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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 am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.
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I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.
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