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I think we made out [sexuality changing]. I think that's really great, and we didn't jump into intercourse. And there were no blow jobs.

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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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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[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.
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I was Little Miss Perfect. That's where all the secrets come in, because you know damn well you are not perfect, but you think your parents want you to be. And so you pretend.
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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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Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.
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I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.
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Margaret was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.
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I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.
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How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
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A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.
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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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I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life.
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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 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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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
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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]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
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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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