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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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" 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 know it's working when I'm writing a book if I'm laughing or crying. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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! "

Judy Blume

Lock

Story

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

" 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. "

Judy Blume

Famous

I Am

" It embarrasses me to flaunt anything good written about me or my books. I don't know what we're supposed to do about that. "

" 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. "

" A good writer is always a people watcher. "

" When I began to write and used a typewriter, I went through three drafts of a book before showing it to an editor. "

" 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. "

Judy Blume

Great

Proud

" The women's movement was slow in coming to suburban New Jersey. "

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

" I'm an optimistic person, so I like to leave my readers with a sense of hopefulness. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm phobic about thunderstorms. "

Judy Blume

About

" I have the most loyal readers in the world. "

" I'm an Obama chick. "

Judy Blume

Obama

Chick

" 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. "

Judy Blume

Know

Say

" I still have such a thing for leather jackets. I have a closet full of them, and my husband is always saying to me, 'Why do you need another jacket? You have plenty of jackets.' "

" I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head. "

" 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. "

" I'm not good at keeping secrets. "

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

Judy Blume

Process

Creative