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" 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. "

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" I don't think it's realistic to say kids shouldn't watch any TV. I just wish the shows would be better. And that kids would watch less. Get out there and do things, kids! Don't become couch potatoes! "

Judy Blume

Think

Become

Better

" My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands. "

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

" Fear is contagious, and those who wish America to become a faith-based society are doing their best to spread 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. "

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

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

" My husband is a feminist! "

Judy Blume

Husband

Feminist

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

" The protests against Harry Potter follow a tradition that has been growing since the early 1980s and often leaves school principals trembling with fear that is then passed down to teachers and librarians. "

" I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.' "

Judy Blume

Trouble

Always

" I'm very lucky in that my agent and my editors know better. They don't push me. Because I don't take that well. "

Judy Blume

Well

Push

" 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. "

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

" When I was young, I loved a series of books by an author called Maud Hart Lovelace and the series, which is still around, I'm happy to say, is - they're the 'Betsy-Tacy' books. "

" I'm not good at keeping secrets. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" It's good to have fantasies and creative fantasies, especially. "

" A novel is about people. "

" I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children. "

Judy Blume

Children

Been

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

" I'm phobic about thunderstorms. "

Judy Blume

About

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

" The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books. "

Judy Blume

Process

Creative

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

" A good writer is always a people watcher. "

" I don't do issue writing. I do character writing. "

" 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. "