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

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" Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is. "

" You're supposed to be challenged in college. "

" I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts. "

" 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. "

" I don't deal with writer's block, I don't allow myself to believe that there is such a thing. I think that there are good days and a lot more less good days. "

" It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. "

" 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 think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became. "

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

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

" When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside. "

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

" Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read. "

" 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. "

" A good writer is always a people watcher. "

" 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 am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them. "

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" I was wildly interested in puberty as a child. "

" 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.' "

" We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things. "

" If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we? "

" 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. "