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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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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
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Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
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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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Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!
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I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.
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I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.
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I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.
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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
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hi I hope u want to be my friends
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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 do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.
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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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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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Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.
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