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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
Writing
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Fiction
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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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I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.
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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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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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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
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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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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 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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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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Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!
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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
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I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.
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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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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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Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight 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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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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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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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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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
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