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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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" In 1970, somebody once asked me whether I thought my books would still be around in 40 years, and I thought, 'How would I know, and why would I care?' Well, it turns out I really do care. "

" 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'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. "

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

" When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate. "

" I think divorce is a tragedy, traumatic and horribly painful for everybody. That's why I wrote 'Smart Women.' I want kids to read that and to think what life might be like for their parents. And I want parents to think about what life is like for their kids. "

" 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? "

" People need stories; they want stories. They always will. "

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

" My father died when I was still in college, and it was sudden, and he was my beloved parent, and you just can't imagine what you life is going to be like. "

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

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

" 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. "

" My husband is a feminist! "

" I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's 'Oz' series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read! "

" I was a fearful kid and, for some crazy reason, a pretty fearless writer. "

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

" 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. "