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" 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. "

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume

Know

Say

" 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. "

" When I was first writing, my little prayers were, 'Please, please, please. Let something be published someday.' Then it went to, 'Please, please, please. Let somebody read this.' "

" I was always a storyteller. I just didn't know it. I never shared the stories I made up inside my head when I was growing up. I never wrote them down, either. But I can't remember a time when they weren't there. "

" I'm phobic about thunderstorms. "

Judy Blume

About

" I am not sure that the inner world of teenage girls has changed. What's most important to kids today is still the same stuff. "

" A good writer is always a people watcher. "

" I'm very good at setting goals and deadlines for myself, so I don't really need that from outside. "

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

" When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship. "

" Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination. "

" 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. "

Judy Blume

Believe

You

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I don't think people change; electronics change, the things we have change, but the way we live doesn't change. "

" I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives. "

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

" My kids both had acne, and I never saw a book dealing with the subject. "

" 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 don't want to repeat myself. "

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

" You should always go through the first draft of a book all at once, I think, to get the best results. You can take time off after the first draft and come back to it fresh. "

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

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

" 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. "

" In sixth grade, I made up books to give book reports on. "

Judy Blume

Book

Books

" The '50s were a secretive time. "