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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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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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Judith Sussman
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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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