359 Quotes by Judy Blume

All of our royalties from the sale of the book go to NCAC, ... Every dollar helps them fight censorship and helps the teachers and students and librarians who are under fire.

No place has delicatessen like New York.

I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life.

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

I love to watch movies.

I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to mind during that period before I actually begin. It might take months or weeks. That notebook is my security blanket so that I never have to face a blank screen (or blank page). But I print out often and my best ideas usually come with a pencil in my hand.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...

Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!