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" 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. "
Judy Blume
Look
Because
Mother
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" Nobody talks about housewives anymore! This is what we were supposed to do in the '50s. Not everybody, but in my milieu. My crowd. You went to college, and you got a degree in case, God forbid, you ever had to work. And you better find somebody to marry while you're there, because otherwise, what's going to become of you? "
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" When a parent comes into school waving a book and saying, 'Take this book away. I don't like this book.' I won't say in all cases, but in many cases, that will not happen anymore. It has to go through a proper review board. The complaining parent will have to fill out a complaint, you know, put it in writing. "
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" I wrote 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' right out of my own experiences and my own feelings when I was in sixth grade. "
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" I was so inspired by Beverly Cleary's funny and wonderful books. "
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" 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. "
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" Anybody who says, 'My childhood was completely happy,' is a person who isn't remembering the truth. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate. "
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" I don't think people change; electronics change, the things we have change, but the way we live doesn't change. "
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" A good writer is always a people watcher. "
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" I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet. "
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" Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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People
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" 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 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. "
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" I used to love getting on planes. I loved the packing and going places. Now I don't because I've developed these really bad sinuses. I have to take a prednisone to fly, but it works, and I'm OK. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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