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" 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. "
Judy Blume
You
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Book
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" Everything they say a girl should get from her father in terms of total acceptance and love, I got all that from my father. But then I married a man just like my mother - so phlegmatic. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. "
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" I discovered the National Coalition Against Censorship when I felt totally alone in my fight to protect intellectual freedom, and that group changed my life. I was no longer alone. "
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" The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. "
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" The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books. "
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" 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.' "
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