“[When I was a kid] I was a surgeon, amputating legs and arms of my paper dolls. And I had a little board with little tacks that I would tack them down to do this.” LittlesKidsArmsPaperLegsBoardsDollsSurgeons Author:Judy Blume
“I would make up [Theodor] Seuss-like books at night when I was cleaning up from the dinner, you know, putting these little kids to bed, reading them rhyming books. And so that's what I started doing. They were really bad. I have some in a box and it says on the box, it's a note to my kids you know, when I die, if you ever publish these I will come back and haunt you.” IfsKnowsLittlesBookKidsNightDiesReadingBedNotesBoxesDinnerCleaningLittle KidPublishRhymingCleaning Up Author:Judy Blume
“It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.” WritingLittlesBookWholeBigsHappensBitsEffortLittle BitDecadesBans Author:Judy Blume
“My mother never talked about sex. I was on the Dr. Ruth [ Westheimer] show once - this is years and years and years ago - and it was her Mother's Day show. And I didn't know what we were going to talk about but what she decided we were going to talk about was female masturbation. My mother had invited all her girlfriends. And you know these were all women in their late seventy's maybe they were in their eighty's by then and then and they were horrified because Dr Ruth had a little she had a little chart up you know "female masturbation".” KnowsYearsLittlesShowsMotherSexLateFemaleYears AgoDecidedGirlfriendDrsSeventiesInvitedEightyMothers DayMasturbationRuth Author:Judy Blume
“I was Little Miss Perfect. That's where all the secrets come in, because you know damn well you are not perfect, but you think your parents want you to be. And so you pretend.” ThinkingKnowsWantWellsLittlesParentPerfectSecretMissingDamnNot Perfect Author:Judy Blume
“Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.” LittlesSeemsKidsAbleLittle Kid Author:Judy Blume
“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.” WritingLittlesStillsTwoHomeCareYoungBitsCreativeCollegeBabyMarriedLittle BitStayingOutletsCuckoosCreative Outlets Author:Judy Blume
