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" I am such a rewriter; I have so many notebooks filled with drafts you wouldn't believe. "

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" The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. "

" Anyone who thinks my life is cupcakes is all wrong. "

" In 1970, somebody once asked me whether I thought my books would still be around in 40 years, and I thought, 'How would I know, and why would I care?' Well, it turns out I really do care. "

" I never thought I wanted to write about the '50s, because I thought it was the most boring and bland decade to grow up in, and I never wanted to go back there. "

" I was twenty-seven when I began to write seriously, and after two years of rejections, my first book, 'The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo,' was accepted for publication. "

" I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents. "

" I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around with people who treat me as a regular person because that's what I am. All people are really just regular. "

" You're supposed to be challenged in college. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: 'Please don't take me in the middle of the sweater.' And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen. "

" We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things. "

" When I was growing up in the 1950s, sweaters were a huge thing. "

" I can't see an autobiography in my future. But who knows what might happen. "

" My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's 'Oz' series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read! "

" We're supposed to be uncomfortable when we read something. That's how we learn. "

" Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people. "

" I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great. "

" 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. "

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

" Everybody wants to share life and be in love and be loved. "

" I'm phobic about thunderstorms. "

" I do quite a bit of traveling. But sometimes I just want to stay at home! "

" People need stories; they want stories. They always will. "

" When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story! "

" I love to watch movies. "

" I wanted to write what I remembered to be true. "

" I think divorce is a tragedy, traumatic and horribly painful for everybody. That's why I wrote 'Smart Women.' I want kids to read that and to think what life might be like for their parents. And I want parents to think about what life is like for their kids. "

" 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. "

" My mother's mantra was, 'How would it look to the neighbors?' And so you don't do anything because you're worried about how it would look to the neighbors. "