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" I wish I'd gone to a small liberal-arts college where I'd have read the great books instead of a large university where I majored in early-childhood education. "

Judy Blume

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" Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids? "

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

" I'm an Obama chick. "

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" 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. "

" The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing. "

" What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle. "

" 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. "

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" Anybody who says, 'My childhood was completely happy,' is a person who isn't remembering the truth. "

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

" When I see kids standing next to their mothers at book signings, clutching a copy of 'Forever,' I know what's coming. They'll say to me, 'How old do I have to be to read this?' hoping I'll give them permission. But I can't do that. "

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" I'm not good at keeping secrets. "

" 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. "

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

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" I am very sentimental, very emotional, but never in my writing; I am very tough. "

" In the early '70s - a very good time for children's books and their authors - editors and publishers were willing to take a chance on a new writer. They were willing and able to invest their time in nurturing writers with promise, encouraging them. "