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I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.

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 mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.
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Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.
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I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going to write about racism or puberty or bullying.
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[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.
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I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.
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Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.
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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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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 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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I thought [Summer Sisters ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.
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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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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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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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I thought [books ban] was crazy. Really my thoughts were This is America, we don't do this here but of course I know a lot better now. And I wasn't the only one. Norma Klein was writing at the same time. Her books were going. So many of us. When you say to me, no you can't do this I say, oh yes I can.
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Kids should read whatever they want to read. So I'm hoping that just like 15-year-olds read Summer Sisters, I'm hoping that they'll read this.
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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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My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
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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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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.
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hi I hope u want to be my friends
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