American - Author | February 12, 1938 -
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
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I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!
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When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.
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The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.
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I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.
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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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I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.
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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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I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.
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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 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.
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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.
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