“I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing up and certainly my grandson and I read Harry Potter together. You write what you can as well as you can.” WritingWellsBookTogetherEnjoyFantasyGrowing UpGrowingHarry PotterPottersGrandson Author:Judy Blume
“I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together!” FirstsTogetherPiecesPuzzlesRevising Author:Judy Blume
“I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.” ChildrenTwoBookDifferentWould BeTogetherGirlSummerBackgroundsGetting OldGetting OlderChildren's BooksDifferent Backgrounds Author:Judy Blume
“I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've always felt that way.” ThinkingWayBookHelpingKidsTogetherFeltParentDifficultTermSubjectsTabooDifficult Subjects Author:Judy Blume
“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.” IfsWantChildrenPhilosophyKidsTogetherParentFreedomCensorshipReading For KidsChildren ReadingChildren About Reading Author:Judy Blume
“We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?” YearsMatterTogetherRememberFallWhat MattersFriends For LifeHow Far You've Come Author:Judy Blume
“I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do - that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.” IfsThinkingWayYearsStillsWantedTogetherForeverSpecialReadyRegretTenSorryNot ReadyNever RegretLoving Him Author:Judy Blume
“I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.” PeopleThinkingMeanStillsUseKidsTogetherSexParentAcceptingGenerationsBedAngryAssumingScrewsJumpingMy GenerationDopeOlder People Book:Forever Source: Forever
“I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with, it's like having the pieces of a puzzle. I just have to put the pieces together to make a picture.” WritingTogetherPiecesPaperPuzzles Author:Judy Blume
