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" At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love. "

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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. "

" After each book, I get panicky. I don't love the reviews. I don't like going through all that, and you would think that, after almost 40 years of writing, I'd have got the hang of it. "

" Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change. "

" I wasn't that good at science, and I gave up on math long before I should have. I like to think if I were in school today that would be different. "

" I loved 'Moneyball,' I thought that was a great Hollywood movie. I like baseball, but I don't know that you have to like baseball to like that. I thought it was really well done. "

" When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate. "

" I don't want to repeat myself. "

" It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. "

" You know what I worry about? I worry that kids today don't have enough time to just sit and daydream. "

" I love to watch movies. "

" I wish I could prevent my kids from making all the mistakes I've made. But I can't do that. No parent can. "

" Life goes on if you're one of the lucky ones. "

" I believe that 'The Artist' is the kind of movie you see and you don't forget. I know it's going to stay with me. "

" I'm not good at keeping secrets. "

" As a child who loved to read, I had trouble finding honest stories. I felt that adults were always keeping secrets from me, even in the books I was reading. "

" I was so inspired by Beverly Cleary's funny and wonderful books. "

" It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination. "

" 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. "

" What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters. "

" If those of us who care about making our own decisions about what to read and what to think don't take a stand, others will decide for us. "

" I was a fearful kid and, for some crazy reason, a pretty fearless writer. "

" Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read. "

" The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. "

" It embarrasses me to flaunt anything good written about me or my books. I don't know what we're supposed to do about that. "

" The '50s were a secretive time. "

" I know it's working when I'm writing a book if I'm laughing or crying. "

" I have a great T-shirt that I received at the New Jersey Hall of Fame when I was inducted. It says - it makes me choke up - it says, 'I'm a Jersey tomato'... I am. I am a Jersey girl and proud of it. "

" The list of gifted teachers and librarians who find their jobs in jeopardy for defending their students' right to read, to imagine, to question, grows every year. "

" I discovered the National Coalition Against Censorship when I felt totally alone in my fight to protect intellectual freedom, and that group changed my life. I was no longer alone. "